Pressure-sensitive adhesive tape

Abstract

Provided is such a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape as described below, which is capable of protecting the uneven surface of a member having unevenness on its surface. The pressure-sensitive adhesive tape brings together sufficient pressure-sensitive adhesiveness for, and sufficient releasability from, the member. In addition, even upon deformation of the member protected with the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape by, for example, lamination or continuous winding, the uneven shape does not deform and a base material layer in the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape is not damaged. Also provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape useful as such a surface protective film for a prism sheet as described below, which is capable of effectively protecting, for example, a lens surface of a prism sheet having multiple triangle pole-shaped prisms fixed on its surface. The surface protective film brings together sufficient pressure-sensitive adhesiveness for, and sufficient releasability from, the prism sheet. In addition, when the prism sheet protected with the surface protective film is brought into a state such as a laminated state or a continuously wound state, the emergence of irregularity (indentation) in the external appearance of the prism sheet to which the surface protective film is attached can be suppressed. A pressure-sensitive adhesive tape of the present invention is a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape including a base material layer, a first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and a second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer in the stated order, in which: the base material layer contains a thermoplastic resin; the storage modulus of the first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is higher than the storage modulus of the second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer; and a difference between the storage modulus of the first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer at a frequency of 10 Hz and 23° C., and the storage modulus of the second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer at a frequency of 10 Hz and 23° C. is 3×105 Pa or more.

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