Adhesive sheet and release sheet

1. An adhesive sheet comprising:

an adhesive base sheet, an adhesive layer, and a release sheet laminated provided in this order from said adhesive base sheet, wherein

said release sheet comprises a release base material, a primer layer, and a release agent layer provided in this order and said release agent layer faces the adhesive layer of the adhesive sheet;

in response to an external stimulus, a release force between said release sheet and said adhesive layer is decreased;

the primer layer and the release agent layer of the release sheet form a multilayer and the primer layer comprises of an expandable fine particle that expands in response to the external stimulus; and

the release agent layer, the primer layer, and the release base material are structured and arranged to be released together from the adhesive layer when the release sheet is peeled after receiving the external stimulus.

2. A sheet according to claim 1 , wherein said expandable fine particle comprises a shell and an expandable material encapsulated therein, said expandable material being vaporized or decomposed into gas by heating at or above a predetermined temperature so as to expand said shell outward.

3. A sheet according to claim 1 , wherein an average thickness of said release agent layer is 0.1 to 20 μm.

4. A sheet according to claim 1 , wherein said external stimulus is an activation energy beam.

5. An adhesive sheet for use with electronic materials, comprising:

an adhesive base sheet, an adhesive layer, and a release sheet provided in this order from said adhesive base sheet, wherein

said release sheet comprises a release base material, a primer layer, and a release agent layer provided in this order and the release agent layer faces the adhesive layer of the adhesive sheet;

in response to an external stimulus, a release force between said release sheet and said adhesive layer is decreased;

the primer layer and the release agent layer of the release sheet form a multilayer and the primer layer comprises an expandable fine particle that expands in response to the external stimulus;

both said adhesive layer and said release agent layer comprise a non-silicone compound; and

the release agent layer, the primer layer, and the release base material are structured and arranged to be released together from the adhesive layer when the release sheet is peeled after receiving the external stimulus.

6. The adhesive sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the release agent comprises a non-silicone release agent.

7. The adhesive sheet according to claim 6 , wherein the non-silicone release agent is chosen from a rubber resin, a long chain alkyl resin, and an alkyd resin.

8. The adhesive sheet of claim 7 , wherein the non-silicone release agent comprises a rubber resin chosen from 1,4-polybutadiene, 1,2-polybutadiene, and mixtures thereof.

9. The adhesive sheet of claim 8 , wherein the rubber resin comprises all cis-1,4-polybutadiene, all trans-1,4-polybutadiene, or a combination of cis- and trans-1,4-polybutadiene.

10. The adhesive sheet of claim 7 , wherein the non-silicone release agent is a polymer of alkylacrylate.

11. The adhesive sheet of claim 10 , wherein the polymer of alkylacrylate comprises a polymer or a copolymer of alkylacrylate with 8 carbon atoms or more.

12. The adhesive sheet of claim 11 , wherein the polymer of alkylacrylate comprises a polymer or a copolymer of alkylacrylate with 10 carbon atoms or more.

13. The adhesive sheet of claim 12 , wherein the polymer of alkylacrylate comprises a copolymer of stearylacrylate and 2-(perfluorooctyl)ethylacrylate.

14. The adhesive sheet of claim 10 , wherein the alkylacrylate comprises an alkylacrylate in which a fluorine atom has been substituted for a hydrogen atom in the alkylacrylate.

15. The adhesive sheet of claim 1 , wherein the adhesive layer comprises a non-silicone adhesive agent.

16. The adhesive sheet of claim 15 , wherein the non-silicone adhesive agent comprises rubber, acryl, polyester, or urethane.