Abstract

A liquid crystal light control apparatus includes: a pair of electrodes; a liquid crystal composition that is disposed between the pair of electrodes and satisfies d/p≥2, where d (μm) is the distance between the electrodes and p (μm) is a chiral pitch; a voltage application unit that applies a voltage between the electrodes; and a controller that controls the voltage application unit such that an intermediate voltage for aligning liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal composition in a focal conic alignment state is applied between the electrodes after a first voltage for aligning the liquid crystal molecules in a homeotropic alignment state is applied between the electrodes but before a second voltage that is different in magnitude from the first voltage and is for aligning the liquid crystal molecules in a planar alignment state is applied between the electrodes.

IPC Classes  ?

• G02F 1/1337 - Surface-induced orientation of the liquid crystal molecules, e.g. by alignment layers
• G02F 1/01 - Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour
• G02F 1/1343 - Electrodes

Abstract

A curable composition containing: a blocked isocyanate prepolymer containing a polyol compound, a polyisocyanate compound, a branching agent, and a blocking agent; an epoxy resin; and a curing agent and/or a curing accelerator, wherein the polyol compound is polytetramethylene glycol, the branching agent is a compound having at least three reactive functional groups capable of reacting with an isocyanate group, an amount by mole of the isocyanate group in the polyisocyanate compound is 2 mol or less relative to 1 mol of a total amount by mole of a hydroxy group in the polyol compound and the reactive functional groups capable of reacting with the isocyanate group in the branching agent, and an amount of the reactive functional groups in the branching agent is more than 50 mol % of the total amount of the hydroxy group in the polyol compound and the reactive functional groups in the branching agent.

IPC Classes  ?

• C08G 18/58 - Epoxy resins
• C08G 18/10 - Prepolymer processes involving reaction of isocyanates or isothiocyanates with compounds having active hydrogen in a first reaction step
• C08G 18/48 - Polyethers
• C08G 18/80 - Masked polyisocyanates
• C08L 75/04 - Polyurethanes
• C09J 175/00 - Adhesives based on polyureas or polyurethanes; Adhesives based on derivatives of such polymers

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a pigment composition and an ink (in particular, a waterborne ink) that can reduce a viscosity increase over time when an azo lake pigment is used as a pigment and also have excellent color strength and gloss in printed products. The pigment composition according to the present invention includes a divalent metal lake azo pigment, and 0.1% by weight to 20% by weight of a divalent metal salt of a mono- or di-carboxylic acid compound. The divalent metal of the divalent metal salt is preferably an alkaline earth metal ion. The mono- or di-carboxylic acid compound is preferably a mono- or di-carboxylic acid compound having a carbon number of 4 to 20.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09B 63/00 - Lakes
• C09D 11/023 - Emulsion inks
• C09D 11/037 - Printing inks characterised by features other than the chemical nature of the binder characterised by the pigment

Abstract

A hydrogen generation catalyst according to a first aspect of the present invention contains a molybdenum sulfide powder containing molybdenum disulfide having a 3R crystal structure. A hydrogen generation catalyst according to a second aspect of the present invention contains a metal-doped molybdenum sulfide powder containing a doping metal in Groups 3 to 13 and molybdenum disulfide having a 3R crystal structure.

IPC Classes  ?

• C25B 11/091 - Electrodes formed of electrocatalysts on a substrate or carrier characterised by the electrocatalysts material consisting of two or more catalytic elements or catalytic compounds
• C30B 29/48 - AIIBVI compounds

Abstract

The invention provides a deinking method including a step of peeling off and removing, from a plastic substrate having an ink layer, the ink layer by using a deinking agent that contains (a) 20 mass % or more of a water-soluble solvent and (b) 0.1 mass % to 10 mass % of an inorganic base. According to the invention, it is possible to provide a deinking method that can easily peel off an ink layer printed on a plastic substrate, a deinking agent that can be used in the deinking method, and a plastic substrate recovery method using the same.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09D 9/04 - Chemical paint or ink removers with surface-active agents
• B29B 17/02 - Separating plastics from other materials

Abstract

A metal-doped molybdenum sulfide powder according to the present invention contains a doping metal in Groups 3 to 13 and molybdenum disulfide having a 3R crystal structure. A first aspect of a method for producing a metal-doped molybdenum sulfide powder includes dry-mixing a powder containing a molybdenum trioxide powder made of an aggregate of primary particles containing molybdenum trioxide, a sulfur source, and a salt of a metal in Groups 3 to 13, and heating the powder at a temperature of 200° C. to 1,000° C. A second aspect includes removing, from a mixture obtained by blending a molybdenum trioxide powder made of an aggregate of primary particles containing molybdenum trioxide, a salt of a metal in Groups 3 to 13, and a dispersion medium, the dispersion medium to obtain a solid, and heating the solid at a temperature of 200° C. to 1,000° C. in the presence of a sulfur source.

IPC Classes  ?

• C01G 39/06 - Sulfides

Abstract

An object of the invention is to provide a composition for improving memory learning function and/or cognitive function or suppressing deterioration thereof which can be orally taken daily and continuously. As a result of intensive studies, the present inventors have found that the object can be achieved with a composition for improving memory learning function and/or cognitive function or suppressing deterioration thereof containing at least one kind selected from the group consisting of spirulina, phycocyanin, enzymatically degraded spirulina and enzymatically degraded phycocyanin as an active ingredient.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61K 35/748 - Cyanobacteria, i.e. blue-green bacteria or blue-green algae, e.g. spirulina
• A61K 38/16 - Peptides having more than 20 amino acids; Gastrins; Somatostatins; Melanotropins; Derivatives thereof
• A61P 25/28 - Drugs for disorders of the nervous system for treating neurodegenerative disorders of the central nervous system, e.g. nootropic agents, cognition enhancers, drugs for treating Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia

Abstract

A phthalocyanine compound in which the numbers and positions of various types of functional groups can be controlled and which can be produced from a biomass raw material is provided. The phthalocyanine compound has comparable or superior performance to conventional phthalocyanine compounds and can contribute to the carbon neutrality. The phthalocyanine compound is a compound represented by the following formula (I) or the like, the compound containing a radioactive carbon atom 14C.

IPC Classes  ?

• C07F 1/08 - Copper compounds
• C07D 487/22 - Heterocyclic compounds containing nitrogen atoms as the only ring hetero atoms in the condensed system, not provided for by groups in which the condensed system contains four or more hetero rings
• C09B 47/08 - Preparation from other phthalocyanine compounds
• C09D 11/037 - Printing inks characterised by features other than the chemical nature of the binder characterised by the pigment

Abstract

Provided is a two-pack curable adhesive less likely to cause an appearance defect due to air bubbles or the dissolution of a printing layer. A two-pack curable adhesive, containing: a polyisocyanate composition (A) containing a urethane prepolymer (A1), which is a reaction product of polyester polyol (a1), polyether polyol (a2), and a polyisocyanate compound (a3); and a polyol composition (B) containing polyester polyol (B1), in which polyhydric alcohol (a1-2) used in the synthesis of the polyester polyol (a1) and polyhydric alcohol (b1-2) used in the synthesis of the polyester polyol (B1) contain 80% by mass or more of diethylene glycol, respectively, and the compound amount of the polyester polyol (a1) is 50% by mass or more and 90% by mass or less with respect to the total amount of the polyester polyol (a1) and the polyether polyol (a2).

IPC Classes  ?

• C09J 175/06 - Polyurethanes from polyesters
• B32B 7/12 - Interconnection of layers using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties
• B32B 27/08 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin as the main or only constituent of a layer next to another layer of a specific substance of synthetic resin of a different kind
• B32B 27/32 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin comprising polyolefins
• B32B 27/36 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin comprising polyesters

Abstract

A secondary battery that can suppress performance deterioration due to temperature rise and has excellent incombustibility is provided. The secondary battery contains two or more cells each including a cell stack that includes a positive electrode having a positive electrode terminal, a negative electrode having a negative electrode terminal, a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte held by the separator and contains a second heat storage sheet including an incombustible layer. The second heat storage sheet is disposed between the two or more cells.

IPC Classes  ?

• H01M 50/383 - Flame arresting or ignition-preventing means
• H01M 10/653 - Means for temperature control structurally associated with the cells characterised by electrically insulating or thermally conductive materials
• H01M 50/213 - Racks, modules or packs for multiple batteries or multiple cells characterised by their shape adapted for cells having curved cross-section, e.g. round or elliptic

Abstract

A task to be achieved by the invention is to provide a fiber substrate having excellent filling state of a urethane resin and excellent hand feeling. The present invention provides a fiber substrate filled with a urethane resin (X), which is formed from a water dispersion of the urethane resin (X), wherein the water dispersion has a urethane resin (X) content of 50 to 80% by mass, and the water dispersion contains no organic solvent. Further, the present invention provides an artificial leather having the above-mentioned fiber substrate. It is preferred that the urethane resin (X) uses a chain extender (a1) as a raw material. Further, the chain extender (a1) which has an amino group is preferably used.

IPC Classes  ?

• C08G 18/32 - Polyhydroxy compounds; Polyamines; Hydroxy amines
• C08G 18/08 - Processes
• C08G 18/10 - Prepolymer processes involving reaction of isocyanates or isothiocyanates with compounds having active hydrogen in a first reaction step
• C08G 18/12 - Prepolymer processes involving reaction of isocyanates or isothiocyanates with compounds having active hydrogen in a first reaction step using two or more compounds having active hydrogen in the first polymerisation step
• C08G 18/24 - Catalysts containing metal compounds of tin
• C08G 18/28 - Polymeric products of isocyanates or isothiocyanates with compounds having active hydrogen characterised by the compounds used containing active hydrogen
• C08G 18/34 - Carboxylic acids; Esters thereof with monohydroxyl compounds
• C08G 18/48 - Polyethers
• C08G 18/75 - Polyisocyanates or polyisothiocyanates cyclic cycloaliphatic
• C08J 5/24 - Impregnating materials with prepolymers which can be polymerised in situ, e.g. manufacture of prepregs
• D06M 15/568 - Reaction products of isocyanates with polyethers
• D06M 23/04 - Processes in which the treating agent is applied in the form of a foam

Abstract

Provided are a negative electrode binder composition which has excellent slurry stability without using a thickener, such as cellulose, in a negative electrode active material for an LIB secondary battery, and which is suppressed in the resistance to swelling by a solvent, and a negative electrode using the same and a secondary battery. A negative electrode binder composition comprising a copolymer having a hydroxyl group-containing monomer and an acid group-containing monomer as essential components, in which the copolymer has a weight average molecular weight of 700,000 or more, as measured using an aqueous GPC measurement apparatus, and in which a dried polymer film of the negative electrode binder composition has a swelling ratio of 0 to 10% by weight, as measured after immersed in a carbonate mixed solvent at 45° C. for 72 hours.

IPC Classes  ?

• H01M 4/62 - Selection of inactive substances as ingredients for active masses, e.g. binders, fillers
• H01M 10/052 - Li-accumulators

Abstract

Composite particles of the present invention include alumina particles and an inorganic coating disposed on a surface of the alumina particles, the alumina particles containing molybdenum (Mo), the inorganic coating including a composite metal oxide.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09C 1/00 - Treatment of specific inorganic materials other than fibrous fillers ; Preparation of carbon black
• C08K 9/02 - Ingredients treated with inorganic substances
• C09D 5/36 - Pearl essence, e.g. coatings containing platelet-like pigments for pearl lustre
• C09D 7/40 - Additives
• C09D 7/62 - Additives non-macromolecular inorganic modified by treatment with other compounds
• C09D 11/037 - Printing inks characterised by features other than the chemical nature of the binder characterised by the pigment

Abstract

To provide an inorganic filler fluidity modifier for improving the fluidity of an inorganic filler. Specifically, the inorganic filler fluidity modifier is an ester resin represented by the following general formula (1) (M is an aliphatic monoalcohol residue having 3 to 18 carbon atoms, L is an aliphatic hydroxycarboxylic acid residue having 2 to 23 carbon atoms, and A is an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residue having 1 to 8 carbon atoms or an aromatic dicarboxylic acid residue having 6 to 18 carbon atoms) To provide an inorganic filler fluidity modifier for improving the fluidity of an inorganic filler. Specifically, the inorganic filler fluidity modifier is an ester resin represented by the following general formula (1) (M is an aliphatic monoalcohol residue having 3 to 18 carbon atoms, L is an aliphatic hydroxycarboxylic acid residue having 2 to 23 carbon atoms, and A is an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residue having 1 to 8 carbon atoms or an aromatic dicarboxylic acid residue having 6 to 18 carbon atoms)

IPC Classes  ?

• C08K 5/092 - Polycarboxylic acids
• C08K 3/013 - Fillers, pigments or reinforcing additives

Abstract

The method includes: a) a step of stacking and shaping a prepreg according to the shape of a surface of the structure; b) a step of vacuum-pressurizing the stacked and shaped prepreg; c) a step of heating and curing the vacuum-pressurized prepreg to produce a cured product of the prepreg; and d) a step of bonding the cured product to the surface of the structure. The prepreg includes: a resin composition including an ethylenically unsaturated group-containing resin (A) and a polymerization initiator (B); and reinforcement fibers (C). The polymerization initiator (B) has a 10-hour half-life temperature of 60° C. to 75° C. This method for reinforcing and repairing the structure allows a structure having excellent workability and excellent mechanical strength to be obtained.

IPC Classes  ?

• C08J 5/24 - Impregnating materials with prepolymers which can be polymerised in situ, e.g. manufacture of prepregs
• B29C 73/10 - Repairing of articles made from plastics or substances in a plastic state, e.g. of articles shaped or produced by using techniques covered by this subclass or subclass using preformed elements using patches sealing on the surface of the article
• B32B 5/02 - Layered products characterised by the non-homogeneity or physical structure of a layer characterised by structural features of a layer comprising fibres or filaments
• B32B 5/26 - Layered products characterised by the non-homogeneity or physical structure of a layer characterised by the presence of two or more layers which comprise fibres, filaments, granules, or powder, or are foamed or specifically porous one layer being a fibrous or filamentary layer another layer also being fibrous or filamentary
• B32B 37/12 - Methods or apparatus for laminating, e.g. by curing or by ultrasonic bonding characterised by using adhesives
• C08G 18/48 - Polyethers
• C08G 18/67 - Unsaturated compounds having active hydrogen
• C08G 18/76 - Polyisocyanates or polyisothiocyanates cyclic aromatic
• E04G 23/02 - Repairing, e.g. filling cracks; Restoring; Altering; Enlarging

Abstract

Provided is a prepreg including: a resin composition including a urethane (meth)acrylate (A), a polymerization initiator (B), and an amine catalyst (C); and reinforcement fibers (D). The urethane (meth)acrylate (A) is a reaction product of a polyisocyanate compound (al) and a hydroxyl group-containing compound (a2), the polyisocyanate compound (a1) including polymethylene polyphenyl polyisocyanate and diphenylmethane diisocyanate, the hydroxyl group-containing compound (a2) including a compound having a hydroxyl group and a (meth)acryloyl group. This prepreg has excellent workability and product stability, reduces the occurrence of poor molding, and allows a molded article having excellent workability and handleability to be obtained, and therefore can be used in, for example, automobile components, railway vehicle components, aerospace craft components, ship components, housing equipment components, sporting components, light vehicle components, building and civil engineering components, and casings of OA equipment.

IPC Classes  ?

• C08J 5/24 - Impregnating materials with prepolymers which can be polymerised in situ, e.g. manufacture of prepregs
• B29B 15/10 - Coating or impregnating
• C08K 5/17 - Amines; Quaternary ammonium compounds

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a gas barrier laminated material which can be produced through a simple and easy process, and which can achieve stable gas barrier properties even at high humidity. The present inventors have made a gas barrier laminated material having a metal layer (A) formed by a vapor phase thin film formation method and a layer (B) formed from a compound having a carboxyl group in the structure thereof, wherein the metal layer (A) and the layer (B) are laminated, and thus can achieve a gas barrier laminated material which can be produced through a simple and easy process, and which can achieve stable gas barrier properties even at high humidity, and have solved the problems.

IPC Classes  ?

• B65D 65/40 - Applications of laminates for particular packaging purposes

Abstract

An object to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a pigment which is comfortable and smooth to the touch in a coating, spreads well on the skin, for example, when used in a cosmetic material such as a foundation or an eye shadow, and exhibits good color development and gloss. A pigment of the present invention is a coated pigment formed by coating a surface of a flaky base material made of at least one metal or metal oxide with a colorant. The surface of the flaky base material has a coarse particle area fraction of 9% or less. Further, it is preferable that the flaky base material be at least one or more selected from the group consisting of mica, aluminum, alumina, and glass.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09C 3/00 - Treatment in general of inorganic materials, other than fibrous fillers, to enhance their pigmenting or filling properties
• A61K 8/02 - Cosmetics or similar toiletry preparations characterised by special physical form
• A61K 8/19 - Cosmetics or similar toiletry preparations characterised by the composition containing inorganic ingredients
• A61K 8/25 - Silicon; Compounds thereof
• A61K 8/26 - Aluminium; Compounds thereof
• A61K 8/49 - Cosmetics or similar toiletry preparations characterised by the composition containing organic compounds containing heterocyclic compounds
• A61Q 1/02 - Preparations containing skin colorants, e.g. pigments
• C09C 1/30 - Silicic acid
• C09C 1/40 - Compounds of aluminium
• C09C 3/06 - Treatment with inorganic compounds
• C09C 3/08 - Treatment with low-molecular-weight organic compounds
• C09D 7/40 - Additives
• C09D 7/62 - Additives non-macromolecular inorganic modified by treatment with other compounds

Abstract

A task to be achieved by the invention is to provide a foamed sheet having excellent retention of foam, hand feeling, and peel strength. The present invention provides a foamed sheet which is formed from a water dispersion of a urethane resin (X), wherein the water dispersion has a urethane resin (X) content of 50 to 80% by mass, and the water dispersion contains no organic solvent. Further, the present invention provides a synthetic leather having at least a substrate (i) and a polyurethane layer (ii), wherein the polyurethane layer (ii) is formed from the above-mentioned foamed sheet. The foamed sheet preferably has a density of 200 to 1,000 kg/m3.

IPC Classes  ?

• D06N 3/14 - Artificial leather, oilcloth, or like material obtained by covering fibrous webs with macromolecular material, e.g. resins, rubber or derivatives thereof with macromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds with polyurethanes
• C08J 9/30 - Working-up of macromolecular substances to porous or cellular articles or materials; After-treatment thereof by mixing gases into liquid compositions or plastisols, e.g. frothing with air
• D06N 3/00 - Artificial leather, oilcloth, or like material obtained by covering fibrous webs with macromolecular material, e.g. resins, rubber or derivatives thereof

Abstract

Niobium oxide particles which have a controlled crystal shape and exhibit excellent characteristics are provided. The niobium oxide particles include molybdenum. The niobium oxide particles preferably have a polyhedral, columnar or acicular shape. The MoO3 content (M1) measured by XRF analysis of the niobium oxide particles is preferably 0.1 to 40 mass % relative to the niobium oxide particles taken as 100 mass %. A method for producing the niobium oxide particles described above includes calcining a niobium compound in the presence of a molybdenum compound.

IPC Classes  ?

• C01G 33/00 - Compounds of niobium
• C01G 39/02 - Oxides; Hydroxides

Abstract

It relates to zirconia particles containing molybdenum and each having a polyhedron shape. The molybdenum is preferably unevenly distributed in surface layers of the zirconia particles. It also relates to a method for producing the zirconia particles. The method includes mixing a zirconium compound and a molybdenum compound to form a mixture and firing the mixture.

IPC Classes  ?

• C04B 35/488 - Composites
• C04B 35/64 - Burning or sintering processes

Abstract

Techniques for searching for phenol compounds are to be improved. A method for searching for a novolac phenol resin that is performed by an information processing device includes the steps of: generating a plurality of prediction models corresponding to a plurality of objective variables, using actual data pertaining to a novolac phenol resin; and searching for a novolac phenol resin having a desired physical property balance by inverse analysis using the prediction models. The actual data includes a polymer composition, a structural formula, a reaction solvent, and a reaction parameter pertaining to the novolac phenol resin. The objective variables include developability, heat resistance, and molecular weight.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06N 5/022 - Knowledge engineering; Knowledge acquisition
• C08G 8/10 - Condensation polymers of aldehydes or ketones with phenols only of aldehydes of formaldehyde, e.g. of formaldehyde formed in situ with phenol

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a carbon black, an ink, and the like having excellent dispersion stability. A carbon black of the present invention includes iron element in an amount of 0.01 to 2.00 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the carbon black. Preferably, a ratio of Fe/C is 0.001 to 0.010, where Fe is a concentration in atomic % of the iron element on a surface of particles of the carbon black, and C is a concentration in atomic % of elemental carbon on the surface of the particles of the carbon black, as determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09C 1/48 - Carbon black
• C08K 3/08 - Metals
• C09C 1/00 - Treatment of specific inorganic materials other than fibrous fillers ; Preparation of carbon black
• C09D 11/324 - Pigment inks containing carbon black

Abstract

An object that is to be achieved by the present invention is to provide an azo pigment having excellent transparency, suitable dispersibility, and a low viscosity, an ink, and the like. An azo pigment according to the present invention has a zeta potential of −80 to −30 mV in isopropanol (IPA). The content of a metal element in the azo pigment is preferably 0.05 to 2.00 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the azo pigment. The metal element is preferably an iron element. The ratio (Fe/C) of the concentration Fe (atomic %) of an iron element in the surfaces of particles of the azo pigment to the concentration C (atomic %) of a carbon element in the surfaces of the particles of the azo pigment which are determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is preferably 0.20 or less.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09D 17/00 - Pigment pastes, e.g. for mixing in paints
• C09B 67/08 - Coated particulate pigments or dyes
• C09D 11/037 - Printing inks characterised by features other than the chemical nature of the binder characterised by the pigment

Abstract

A task to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a method for producing a printed matter. The ink has excellent adhesion to an ink unabsorbent or non-absorbent recording medium, such as a resin film or coated paper, which is unlikely to absorb a solvent contained in an ink, and excellent setting property. The present invention is directed to a method for producing a printed matter, using an ink including a binder (A) having a carbonyl group, a compound (B) having a structure capable of reacting with the carbonyl group, and an aqueous medium in which the binder (A) and the compound (B) are dissolved or dispersed.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09D 11/38 - Inkjet printing inks characterised by non-macromolecular additives other than solvents, pigments or dyes
• B41J 2/01 - Ink jet
• C08K 5/053 - Polyhydroxylic alcohols
• C08K 5/17 - Amines; Quaternary ammonium compounds
• C08K 5/25 - Carboxylic acid hydrazides
• C08L 33/08 - Homopolymers or copolymers of acrylic acid esters
• C08L 33/26 - Homopolymers or copolymers of acrylamide or methacrylamide

Abstract

A degassing apparatus capable of preventing cross-contamination is provided. A degassing apparatus 1 includes degassing modules 10, 20, and 30 each having a tube unit 12 that is a gas permeable membrane separating a fluid circulation space S1 and a reduced-pressure space S2 from each other, vacuum piping 40 communicatively connected to the reduced-pressure spaces S2, a discharge device 50 that discharges gas in the reduced-pressure spaces S2 through the vacuum piping 40, atmospheric release piping 60 communicatively connected to the reduced-pressure spaces S2, an atmospheric release valve 70 capable of introducing atmosphere into the reduced-pressure spaces S2 through the atmospheric release piping 60, and a control unit 80 that controls the operation of the discharge device 50 and the atmospheric release valve 70. The control unit 80 performs control to close the atmospheric release valve 70 to perform a process of discharging gas in the reduced-pressure spaces S2 by the discharge device 50 when a degassing process is being performed, and performs control to open the atmospheric release valve 70 to open the reduced-pressure spaces S2 to the atmosphere at once after the degassing process is finished.

IPC Classes  ?

• B01D 19/00 - Degasification of liquids
• B01D 69/04 - Tubular membranes

Abstract

Provided is a defoaming agent showing an excellent defoaming property. Specifically, the defoaming agent includes a polymer containing as a polymerization component a polymerizable monomer (1) having a urethane bond and a fluorine-containing functional group and/or a silicone chain-containing functional group.

IPC Classes  ?

• C10M 169/04 - Mixtures of base-materials and additives
• C08F 220/34 - Esters containing nitrogen
• C08F 290/06 - Polymers provided for in subclass
• C10M 149/02 - Macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
• C10M 155/02 - Monomer containing silicon

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a crosslinked polyarylene sulfide (PAS) that reduces a difference in melt viscosity among lots and has excellent quality stability. Further specifically, the present invention provides a method for producing a crosslinked PAS including steps of compression-molding an uncrosslinked PAS in a powder form to obtain a compression-molded material, measuring a porosity of the compression-molded material, grinding the compression-molded product having a specific range of porosity to obtain a pulverized material, granulating the pulverized material to obtain a granulated material, and oxidatively crosslinking the granulated material obtained in the preceding step. Also provided are a method for producing a composition containing the crosslinked PAS, and a method for producing a molded article by melt-molding the composition.

IPC Classes  ?

• C08G 75/0277 - Post-polymerisation treatment
• C08G 75/0259 - Preparatory processes using metal hydrogensulfides
• C08J 3/24 - Crosslinking, e.g. vulcanising, of macromolecules
• C08J 3/12 - Powdering or granulating
• B29B 9/12 - Making granules characterised by structure or composition

Abstract

Provided is a molybdenum trioxide powder containing an aggregate of primary particles containing a crystal structure of molybdenum trioxide, the crystal structure containing α crystals with an average crystallite size of 50 nm or less, a median diameter D50 of the primary particles being 2,000 nm or less determined by dynamic light scattering.

IPC Classes  ?

• C01G 39/02 - Oxides; Hydroxides

Abstract

An epoxy resin composition used as a structural bonding agent is provided. Specifically, used is an epoxy resin composition containing an epoxy resin (A) having an epoxy equivalent of 500 to 10,000 g/eq represented by the formula (1) below: An epoxy resin composition used as a structural bonding agent is provided. Specifically, used is an epoxy resin composition containing an epoxy resin (A) having an epoxy equivalent of 500 to 10,000 g/eq represented by the formula (1) below: An epoxy resin composition used as a structural bonding agent is provided. Specifically, used is an epoxy resin composition containing an epoxy resin (A) having an epoxy equivalent of 500 to 10,000 g/eq represented by the formula (1) below: wherein, Ar is an aromatic ring, X is a structural unit having an alkylene chain, Y is a structural unit having a polyether chain, R11 and R12 are a glycidyl ether group or a 2-methylglycidyl ether group, R13 and R14 are a hydroxyl group, a glycidyl ether group, or a 2-methylglycidyl ether group, R15 and R16 are a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, m1 and m2 are 0 to 25, and m1+m2≥1, p1 and p2 are 0 to 5, and q is 0.5 to 5, an epoxy resin (B) having an epoxy equivalent of 100 to 300 g/eq, and thermally expandable particles (C).

IPC Classes  ?

• C08G 59/06 - Polycondensates containing more than one epoxy group per molecule of polyhydroxy compounds with epihalohydrins or precursors thereof of polyhydric phenols
• C08G 59/24 - Di-epoxy compounds carbocyclic
• C08G 59/14 - Polycondensates modified by chemical after-treatment
• C08G 59/40 - Macromolecules obtained by polymerising compounds containing more than one epoxy group per molecule using curing agents or catalysts which react with the epoxy groups characterised by the curing agents used
• C08L 63/00 - Compositions of epoxy resins; Compositions of derivatives of epoxy resins
• C08K 9/10 - Encapsulated ingredients
• C09J 163/00 - Adhesives based on epoxy resins; Adhesives based on derivatives of epoxy resins

Abstract

Provided is a compound functioning as a leveling agent which imparts high smoothness to a coating film without causing a defect in the surface of the coating film. Specifically, the compound has a polymer block of a polymerizable monomer at both ends of a silicone chain.

IPC Classes  ?

• G03F 7/00 - Photomechanical, e.g. photolithographic, production of textured or patterned surfaces, e.g. printed surfaces; Materials therefor, e.g. comprising photoresists; Apparatus specially adapted therefor
• C08G 77/46 - Block- or graft-polymers containing polysiloxane sequences containing polyether sequences
• G03F 7/033 - Non-macromolecular photopolymerisable compounds having carbon-to-carbon double bonds, e.g. ethylenic compounds with binders the binders being polymers obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds, e.g. vinyl polymers

Abstract

The composite particles contain alumina particles with a card-house structure formed of three or more plate-like alumina particles that adhere to each other and an inorganic covering portion located on a surface of the plate-like alumina particles and containing a composite metal oxide.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09C 1/40 - Compounds of aluminium
• C09C 3/06 - Treatment with inorganic compounds

Abstract

An object is to provide a cured product and the like with excellent fire retardancy, heat resistance, and dielectric properties by using a curable resin having a specific structure and a curable resin composition containing the curable resin, a radical polymerization initiator, and a fire retardant. Specifically provided are a curable resin represented by General Formula (1) and a curable resin composition containing the curable resin, a radical polymerization initiator (B), and a fire retardant (C): An object is to provide a cured product and the like with excellent fire retardancy, heat resistance, and dielectric properties by using a curable resin having a specific structure and a curable resin composition containing the curable resin, a radical polymerization initiator, and a fire retardant. Specifically provided are a curable resin represented by General Formula (1) and a curable resin composition containing the curable resin, a radical polymerization initiator (B), and a fire retardant (C): in the formula, Ra and Rb each independently represent an alkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, or a cycloalkyl group with a carbon number of 1 to 12; k indicates an integer of 0 to 3; X represents a hydrocarbon group; and Y represents General Formula (2) or (3) below: An object is to provide a cured product and the like with excellent fire retardancy, heat resistance, and dielectric properties by using a curable resin having a specific structure and a curable resin composition containing the curable resin, a radical polymerization initiator, and a fire retardant. Specifically provided are a curable resin represented by General Formula (1) and a curable resin composition containing the curable resin, a radical polymerization initiator (B), and a fire retardant (C): in the formula, Ra and Rb each independently represent an alkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, or a cycloalkyl group with a carbon number of 1 to 12; k indicates an integer of 0 to 3; X represents a hydrocarbon group; and Y represents General Formula (2) or (3) below: in the formula, Z represents an alicyclic group, an aromatic group, or a heterocyclic group.

IPC Classes  ?

• C08G 63/193 - Hydroxy compounds containing aromatic rings containing two or more aromatic rings
• C08G 63/199 - Acids or hydroxy compounds containing cycloaliphatic rings
• C08G 63/672 - Dicarboxylic acids and dihydroxy compounds
• C08G 63/81 - Preparation processes using solvents
• C08G 64/06 - Aromatic polycarbonates not containing aliphatic unsaturation
• C08G 64/30 - General preparatory processes using carbonates
• C08K 5/14 - Peroxides
• C08K 5/5313 - Phosphinic compounds, e.g. R2=P(:O)OR'
• C08K 5/523 - Esters of phosphoric acids, e.g. of H3PO4 with hydroxyaryl compounds
• C08K 5/5333 - Esters of phosphonic acids
• C08L 67/03 - Polyesters derived from dicarboxylic acids and dihydroxy compounds the dicarboxylic acids and dihydroxy compounds having the hydroxy and the carboxyl groups directly linked to aromatic rings
• C08L 69/00 - Compositions of polycarbonates; Compositions of derivatives of polycarbonates
• C09D 167/03 - Polyesters derived from dicarboxylic acids and dihydroxy compounds the dicarboxylic acids and dihydroxy compounds having the hydroxy and the carboxyl groups directly linked to aromatic rings
• C09D 169/00 - Coating compositions based on polycarbonates; Coating compositions based on derivatives of polycarbonates
• C08J 5/24 - Impregnating materials with prepolymers which can be polymerised in situ, e.g. manufacture of prepregs
• H05K 1/03 - Use of materials for the substrate

Abstract

An adhesive tape is used for fixing a member constituting an electronic apparatus and includes an adhesive layer (A) and a base material (B). The adhesive layer (A) contains an adhesive containing a styrene-based block copolymer and an adhesiveness-imparting resin. The adhesive has a Trouton ratio of 3 or more and 90 or less when the adhesive composition is made into a toluene solution having a solid concentration of 25% (w/w) and is subjected to measurement at 35° C.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09J 153/00 - Adhesives based on block copolymers containing at least one sequence of a polymer obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds; Adhesives based on derivatives of such polymers

Abstract

A product provision system for providing a product that matches a sensibility desired by a user, includes: reception means for receiving sensibility information, the sensibility information representing a sensibility desired by a user; prediction means for predicting a property associated with the received sensibility information, the property being a property derived from a product's material; extraction means for extracting a product based on the predicted property; and output means for outputting the extracted product.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06Q 30/0251 - Targeted advertisements
• G06F 40/40 - Processing or translation of natural language
• G06N 20/00 - Machine learning

Abstract

A patterned pressure-sensitive adhesive tape includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is formed by a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition for patterned pressure-sensitive adhesive tape. An elongational viscosity of the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition measured at 30° C. is 1,000 mPa·s or greater and 650,000 mPa·s or less, or a Trouton's ratio thereof measured at 30° C. is 8 or greater and 400 or less. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has two or more pressure-sensitive adhesive portions (B) and a non-pressure-sensitive adhesive portion region having no pressure-sensitive adhesive portions (B) between the two or more pressure-sensitive adhesive portions (B). The non-pressure-sensitive adhesive portion region is patterned to lead to an outer periphery of a sheet plane.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09J 7/38 - Pressure-sensitive adhesives [PSA]
• C09J 133/08 - Homopolymers or copolymers of acrylic acid esters
• C08F 220/18 - Esters of monohydric alcohols or phenols of phenols or of alcohols containing two or more carbon atoms with acrylic or methacrylic acids

Abstract

A method for producing a crosslinked polyarylene sulfide resin (PAS resin) that reduces a difference in melt viscosity among lots and has excellent quality stability is provided. Further specifically, the method includes steps of compression-molding an uncrosslinked PAS resin in a powder form to obtain a compression-molded material, measuring a true specific gravity of the compression-molded material, grinding the compression-molded product having a specific range of true specific gravity to obtain a pulverized material, granulating the pulverized material to obtain a granulated material, and oxidatively crosslinking the granulated material obtained in the above step. Also provided are a method for producing a composition containing the crosslinked PAS, and a method for producing a molded article by melt-molding the composition.

IPC Classes  ?

• C08G 75/0295 - Modification with inorganic compounds
• C08J 3/12 - Powdering or granulating
• C08J 3/24 - Crosslinking, e.g. vulcanising, of macromolecules

Abstract

The present invention provides a resin composition which emits near-infrared fluorescence, has high light-emitting efficiency, and can be relatively easily produced, and a molded object obtained from the resin composition. More specifically, the present invention provides a resin composition containing a near-infrared fluorescent material (A), a thermoplastic resin (B) other than a polyamide resin, and a resin (C) different from the thermoplastic resin (B), in which the resin (C) forms a continuous phase, and a dispersed phase containing the near-infrared fluorescent material (A) and the thermoplastic resin (B) is formed in the continuous phase.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09K 11/06 - Luminescent, e.g. electroluminescent, chemiluminescent, materials containing organic luminescent materials
• C09K 11/02 - Use of particular materials as binders, particle coatings or suspension media therefor
• C08L 23/06 - Polyethene
• C08L 63/00 - Compositions of epoxy resins; Compositions of derivatives of epoxy resins
• C08L 75/04 - Polyurethanes
• C08L 77/00 - Compositions of polyamides obtained by reactions forming a carboxylic amide link in the main chain; Compositions of derivatives of such polymers
• C08K 5/55 - Boron-containing compounds

Abstract

Provided are a negative electrode active material having excellent charge-discharge characteristics (charge-discharge capacity, initial coulombic efficiency, and cycle characteristics) and a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery containing the negative electrode active material. The negative electrode active material according to the present invention is a negative electrode active material containing composite particles in which silicon nanoparticles are dispersed inside a matrix containing silicon oxycarbide and a carbonaceous phase. The negative electrode active material has a crystalline particle size of 40 nm or less determined by the Scherrer method from a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of a diffraction line attributed to Si(111) around 2θ=28.4° in analysis of an X-ray diffraction pattern.

IPC Classes  ?

• H01M 4/36 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids
• H01M 4/38 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of elements or alloys
• H01M 4/58 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of polyanionic structures, e.g. phosphates, silicates or borates
• H01M 4/583 - Carbonaceous material, e.g. graphite-intercalation compounds or CFx

Abstract

The method for producing light-emitting particles each having a surface layer containing Si on a surface of a semiconductor nanocrystal particle composed of a metal halide includes the steps of: forming the semiconductor nanocrystal particle and a poly-siloxane bond from a solution containing a raw material for the semiconductor nanocrystal particle, a silane compound A having a binding group and a hydrolyzable silyl group, and a solvent, to obtain a precursor particle; mixing the precursor particle, a polymer B containing a structural unit having a basic group and a solvophilic structural unit, and a solvent to obtain a mixture; and adding a silane compound C having a hydrolyzable silyl group to the mixture to obtain a light-emitting particle having a layer containing the polymer B and a polymer of the silane compound C on a surface of the precursor particle.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09K 11/08 - Luminescent, e.g. electroluminescent, chemiluminescent, materials containing inorganic luminescent materials
• G02F 1/1335 - Structural association of cells with optical devices, e.g. polarisers or reflectors
• B82Y 20/00 - Nanooptics, e.g. quantum optics or photonic crystals
• C09K 11/02 - Use of particular materials as binders, particle coatings or suspension media therefor

Abstract

Zinc oxide particles having a polyhedron shape, wherein the crystallite diameter of the [100] plane of the zinc oxide particles is 200 nm or greater. A method for producing the zinc oxide particles, the method including firing a zinc compound in the presence of a molybdenum compound. A resin composition containing the zinc oxide particles and a resin.

IPC Classes  ?

• C08K 3/22 - Oxides; Hydroxides of metals
• C01G 9/03 - Processes of production using dry methods, e.g. vapour phase processes

Abstract

A laminate (10) includes a substrate (11), a sealing layer (12A) disposed on a surface of the substrate (11), and a coating layer (13) disposed on a surface of the substrate (11) opposite to the sealing layer (12A). The coating layer (13) contains a tannic acid derivative in which at least a part of a plurality of hydroxyl groups is substituted with a linear hydrocarbon group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, and at least one type of resin selected from the group consisting of a urethane resin, an acrylic resin, a vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer resin, a polyester resin, and an olefin resin.

IPC Classes  ?

• B65D 65/40 - Applications of laminates for particular packaging purposes
• B65D 81/28 - Applications of food preservatives, fungicides, pesticides or animal repellants
• C09D 7/63 - Additives non-macromolecular organic

Abstract

Provided are a curable composition, a cured product thereof, and an adhesive. The curable composition contains a blocked isocyanate prepolymer (A) formed from a polyol compound (a1), a polyisocyanate compound (a2), and a blocking agent (a3) as essential raw materials, an epoxy resin (B), and a curing agent (C). The blocking agent (a3) contains a phenol compound having a hydrocarbon group having 12 or more carbon atoms. The curable composition has excellent adhesive properties and resistance to humidity and heat, and can be suitably used for an adhesive and the like.

IPC Classes  ?

• C08G 18/48 - Polyethers
• C08G 18/28 - Polymeric products of isocyanates or isothiocyanates with compounds having active hydrogen characterised by the compounds used containing active hydrogen
• C08G 18/76 - Polyisocyanates or polyisothiocyanates cyclic aromatic
• C08G 59/40 - Macromolecules obtained by polymerising compounds containing more than one epoxy group per molecule using curing agents or catalysts which react with the epoxy groups characterised by the curing agents used
• C09J 159/04 - Copolyoxymethylenes

Abstract

It relates to tantalum oxide particles containing molybdenum. The tantalum oxide particles preferably have a polyhedral shape, and the crystallite size of the tantalum oxide particles at 2θ=22.8° is preferably 160 nm or more. It also relates to a method for producing the tantalum oxide particles, the method including firing a tantalum compound in the presence of a molybdenum compound.

IPC Classes  ?

• C01G 39/00 - Compounds of molybdenum
• C01G 35/00 - Compounds of tantalum

Abstract

Iron oxide particles which have a polyhedral shape and which contain molybdenum. The crystallite size of the plane of the iron oxide particles is preferably 280 nm or more. Furthermore, a method for producing the iron oxide particles. The method includes calcining an iron compound in the presence of a molybdenum compound.

IPC Classes  ?

• B01J 23/881 - Molybdenum and iron
• B01J 35/00 - Catalysts, in general, characterised by their form or physical properties
• B01J 35/10 - Solids characterised by their surface properties or porosity
• B01J 37/00 - Processes, in general, for preparing catalysts; Processes, in general, for activation of catalysts
• B01J 37/08 - Heat treatment

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a light-curable resin composition having reduced soot residue at the time of mold preparation and reduced occurrence of cracks and fractures. The present invention has found that a light-curable resin composition including a (meth)acrylate-based UV-curable resin (A) (with proviso that the following compound (B) is omitted), and a compound (B) having an alkylene glycol skeleton represented by a specific chemical formula in a structure allows the soot residue at the time of mold preparation to be reduced and occurrence of cracks and fractures to be reduced, whereby the above object is achieved.

IPC Classes  ?

• C08F 220/26 - Esters containing oxygen in addition to the carboxy oxygen
• C08F 2/48 - Polymerisation initiated by wave energy or particle radiation by ultraviolet or visible light
• B22C 9/02 - Sand moulds or like moulds for shaped castings

Abstract

A mold, a method for producing a plate-shaped molded article, and a method for producing a test piece capable of easily producing a test piece in which an orientation direction of a filler is highly aligned are provided. A method for predicting a characteristic of a resin composition molded article is also provided, the method being able to measure an anisotropy characteristic value of a resin composition by using the test piece and to improve prediction accuracy by using the characteristic value in a computer analysis. Further in detail, a mold for injection molding the plate-shaped molded article by using a molten material of a thermoplastic resin includes a runner section that has a slit gate section provided along a width direction of the plate-shaped molded article and is configured to fill a cavity with the molten material, which is injected via a sprue section, via the slit gate section.

IPC Classes  ?

• B29C 45/27 - Sprue channels
• B29C 45/76 - Measuring, controlling or regulating

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method for producing a liquid crystal material. The method includes a step (I) of preparing a liquid crystal material and a step (II) of measuring the liquid crystal material with a delta delay measurement mechanism that measures a delta delay value of the liquid crystal material. The delta delay measurement mechanism includes a single coaxial tube and a mechanism that calculates the delta delay value of the liquid crystal material. The single coaxial tube includes a linear inner conductor and an outer conductor having a space through which the inner conductor extends. The delta delay value is a difference between a transmission delay time t0 and a transmission delay time tv.

IPC Classes  ?

• G02F 1/13 - Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour based on liquid crystals, e.g. single liquid crystal display cells
• C09K 19/38 - Polymers, e.g. polyamides

Abstract

A display unit color-correction method includes: a first step of displaying a prescribed image on a display unit of a portable communication terminal that includes an imaging unit and the display unit; a second step of acquiring imaging data by imaging a color chart, which is a printed matter, and the display unit with the prescribed image displayed thereon together or individually by the imaging unit; and a third step of correcting a color of the display unit by using color information on the prescribed image in the imaging data and color information on a color in the color chart in the imaging data.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 1/60 - Colour correction or control

Abstract

An object is to provide a cured product superior in heat resistance (high glass transition temperature) and dielectric properties (low dielectric properties) by using a curable resin having a specific structure and superior in storage stability. Specifically, a curable resin represented by general formula (1) below and having a hydroxyl group concentration of 0.005 to 3800 mmol/kg is provided. An object is to provide a cured product superior in heat resistance (high glass transition temperature) and dielectric properties (low dielectric properties) by using a curable resin having a specific structure and superior in storage stability. Specifically, a curable resin represented by general formula (1) below and having a hydroxyl group concentration of 0.005 to 3800 mmol/kg is provided.

IPC Classes  ?

• C08F 136/22 - Homopolymers of compounds having one or more unsaturated aliphatic radicals, at least one having two or more carbon-to-carbon double bonds the radical having three or more carbon-to-carbon double bonds

Abstract

A resin composition for stereolithography that can reduce generation of color unevenness and provide excellent formability is provided. The resin composition for stereolithography includes an ultraviolet curable resin (A) and an inorganic pigment (B) that are blended, in which the inorganic pigment (B) has a specific gravity of 2.0≤ρ and a particle size distribution of a particle diameter of D50≤5 μm and D90≤20 μm, and a viscosity of the resin composition for stereolithography at 25° C. is 100 Pa·s or more.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09D 135/02 - Homopolymers or copolymers of esters
• C09D 4/00 - Coating compositions, e.g. paints, varnishes or lacquers, based on organic non-macromolecular compounds having at least one polymerisable carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bond
• C09D 7/61 - Additives non-macromolecular inorganic
• C09D 7/63 - Additives non-macromolecular organic
• C08F 22/20 - Esters containing oxygen in addition to the carboxy oxygen
• C08K 3/22 - Oxides; Hydroxides of metals
• B33Y 70/10 - Composites of different types of material, e.g. mixtures of ceramics and polymers or mixtures of metals and biomaterials

Abstract

A forced extraction molded article that can prevent damage during forced extraction is provided. The force extraction molded article (1) is formed of a polyarylene sulfide resin composition so as to include a cylindrical portion, wherein the cylindrical portion (10) has at a forward end portion a bulge (11), and an inner surface including a step in the outer diameter direction at the forward end portion, a portion excluding the step has a gradient such that the inner diameter of the cylindrical portion increases toward the forward end portion, and equation (a) below using a thickness D2 between a connection portion at the step on the inner surface of the cylindrical portion and the outer surface excluding the bulge, a height D4 of the step, and a height Dt of the gradient excluding the step on the inner surface of the cylindrical portion is satisfied. A forced extraction molded article that can prevent damage during forced extraction is provided. The force extraction molded article (1) is formed of a polyarylene sulfide resin composition so as to include a cylindrical portion, wherein the cylindrical portion (10) has at a forward end portion a bulge (11), and an inner surface including a step in the outer diameter direction at the forward end portion, a portion excluding the step has a gradient such that the inner diameter of the cylindrical portion increases toward the forward end portion, and equation (a) below using a thickness D2 between a connection portion at the step on the inner surface of the cylindrical portion and the outer surface excluding the bulge, a height D4 of the step, and a height Dt of the gradient excluding the step on the inner surface of the cylindrical portion is satisfied. [ Equation ⁢ 1 ]  0 . 0 ⁢ 0 ⁢ 1 ≤ D ⁢ 2 2 - D ⁢ 4 D ⁢ 2 × D ⁢ t D ⁢ 2 ≤ 0 . 4 ⁢ 4 Equation ⁢ ( a )

IPC Classes  ?

• B29C 45/00 - Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mould; Apparatus therefor
• B29C 45/44 - Removing or ejecting moulded articles for undercut articles
• C08K 7/14 - Glass

Abstract

A polymerization catalyst composition contains a rare earth element carboxylate, a phosphate ester represented by the following general formula (1): A polymerization catalyst composition contains a rare earth element carboxylate, a phosphate ester represented by the following general formula (1): A polymerization catalyst composition contains a rare earth element carboxylate, a phosphate ester represented by the following general formula (1): (wherein Rs are each independently an alkyl group having 5 to 20 carbon atoms), and water.

IPC Classes  ?

• C08F 4/54 - Metals; Metal hydrides; Metallo-organic compounds; Use thereof as catalyst precursors selected from light metals, zinc, cadmium, mercury, copper, silver, gold, boron, gallium, indium, thallium, rare earths, or actinides together with other compounds thereof
• C08F 4/606 - Catalysts comprising at least two different metals, in metallic form or as compounds thereof, in addition to the component covered by group
• C08F 236/06 - Butadiene

Abstract

Provided is a polymer functioning as a leveling agent that imparts high smoothness to a coating film. Specifically, a polymer containing a polymer block (A1) of a polymerizable monomer (a1) having a group represented by General Formula (1) described below, in which the polymer block (A1) has a content ratio of greater than 50% by mass Provided is a polymer functioning as a leveling agent that imparts high smoothness to a coating film. Specifically, a polymer containing a polymer block (A1) of a polymerizable monomer (a1) having a group represented by General Formula (1) described below, in which the polymer block (A1) has a content ratio of greater than 50% by mass

IPC Classes  ?

• C08F 293/00 - Macromolecular compounds obtained by polymerisation on to a macromolecule having groups capable of inducing the formation of new polymer chains bound exclusively at one or both ends of the starting macromolecule
• C09D 153/00 - Coating compositions based on block copolymers containing at least one sequence of a polymer obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds; Coating compositions based on derivatives of such polymers

Abstract

The radical curable resin composition contains as essential raw materials a vinyl ester resin (A), an unsaturated monomer (B) with a flash point of 100° C. or higher, a polyisocyanate (C), a polymerization initiator (D), a stabilizer (E), and a polymerization inhibitor (F), the stabilizer being a nitroxy radical, and the polymerization inhibitor being at least one or more compounds represented by General Formula (1) or (2). This radical curable resin composition is excellent in handleability, flexibility, and curability during molding and excellent in storage stability with little change over time in the curability during molding, and can thus be suitably used for molding materials and molded articles obtained therefrom. In General Formulae (1) and (2). R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-4 alkyl group, and X1 and X2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a C1-4 alkyl group, a hydroxy group, or a methoxy group. The radical curable resin composition contains as essential raw materials a vinyl ester resin (A), an unsaturated monomer (B) with a flash point of 100° C. or higher, a polyisocyanate (C), a polymerization initiator (D), a stabilizer (E), and a polymerization inhibitor (F), the stabilizer being a nitroxy radical, and the polymerization inhibitor being at least one or more compounds represented by General Formula (1) or (2). This radical curable resin composition is excellent in handleability, flexibility, and curability during molding and excellent in storage stability with little change over time in the curability during molding, and can thus be suitably used for molding materials and molded articles obtained therefrom. In General Formulae (1) and (2). R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-4 alkyl group, and X1 and X2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a C1-4 alkyl group, a hydroxy group, or a methoxy group.

IPC Classes  ?

• C08J 5/24 - Impregnating materials with prepolymers which can be polymerised in situ, e.g. manufacture of prepregs
• C08G 18/76 - Polyisocyanates or polyisothiocyanates cyclic aromatic
• C08G 18/67 - Unsaturated compounds having active hydrogen
• C08K 5/13 - Phenols; Phenolates
• C08K 5/132 - Phenols containing keto groups

Abstract

The issue of the present invention is to provide a disazo pigment in which the polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) content in addition to the primary aromatic amine (PAA) content is reduced. The present invention provides a pigment composition containing a disazo pigment, an alkylamine that has an alkyl group having a carbon number of 8 or more, and a poly(oxyethylene) alkyl ester that has an alkyl group having a carbon number of 8 or more. Preferably, the disazo pigment includes at least one disazo pigment selected from a group consisting of C.I. Pigment Yellow 83, C.I. Pigment Yellow 13, and C.I. Pigment Yellow 14.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09D 11/037 - Printing inks characterised by features other than the chemical nature of the binder characterised by the pigment
• C09D 17/00 - Pigment pastes, e.g. for mixing in paints
• C09D 11/102 - Printing inks based on artificial resins containing macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions other than those only involving unsaturated carbon-to-carbon bonds
• C09D 171/02 - Polyalkylene oxides
• C09B 67/20 - Preparations of organic pigments
• C09B 67/46 - Dispersions

Abstract

Provided is a polymer functioning as a leveling agent that imparts high smoothness to a coating film without causing a defect on the surface of the coating film. Specifically, a silicone chain-containing polymer having a silicone chain on one terminal, in which the silicone chain has a number average molecular weight in a range of 2000 to 20000, and a polymerizable unsaturated group is not contained.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09D 183/10 - Block or graft copolymers containing polysiloxane sequences
• C08F 293/00 - Macromolecular compounds obtained by polymerisation on to a macromolecule having groups capable of inducing the formation of new polymer chains bound exclusively at one or both ends of the starting macromolecule

Abstract

An adhesive sheet includes a first face and a second face opposite to each other. The first face includes a thermally expandable thermosetting adhesive layer A, and the second face includes a thermally expandable thermosetting adhesive layer B having a different composition from that of the thermally expandable thermosetting adhesive layer A. The thermally expandable thermosetting adhesive layer B is laminated on one face of the thermally expandable thermosetting adhesive layer A directly or through another layer. The first face has a higher shear adhesive strength than a shear adhesive strength of the second face. The thermally expandable thermosetting adhesive layer A and the thermally expandable thermosetting adhesive layer B each have a thickness direction expansion rate after heating at 150° C. for 60 minutes of 130% or more.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09J 7/35 - Heat-activated

Abstract

n-i, and high compatibility with a liquid crystal composition, and shows large dielectric anisotropy in a high frequency region, and is thus useful for a material of an element of a device such as a high-frequency phase shifter, a phased array antenna, an image recognition device, a distance measuring device, a liquid crystal display device, a liquid crystal lens, a birefringent lens for stereoscopic image display.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09K 19/32 - Non-steroidal liquid crystal compounds containing condensed ring systems, i.e. fused, bridged or spiro ring systems
• C07C 25/18 - Polycyclic aromatic halogenated hydrocarbons
• C07C 25/24 - Halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons with unsaturated side chains

Abstract

An adhesive sheet expandable by heating is provided. The adhesive sheet, before expansion, achieve temporary fixability at room temperature and ease of insertion when inserting one member into a cavity of another member. The adhesive sheet, after expansion, maintains excellent adhesive strength to enable the members to be firmly bonded together even under high temperature environments. An adhesive sheet includes a first principal face and a second principal face opposite to each other. The first principal face includes a thermally expandable thermosetting adhesive layer and a plurality of sticky parts provided on a first principal face of the thermally expandable thermosetting adhesive layer in a patterned manner. The second principal face includes the thermally expandable thermosetting adhesive layer forming the first principal face of the adhesive sheet or another thermally expandable thermosetting adhesive layer. An article including the adhesive sheet, and a method for producing the same are also provided.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09J 7/38 - Pressure-sensitive adhesives [PSA]

Abstract

Provided is an ink film recovery method including detaching and removing, from a plastic substrate having an ink film, the ink film by using an ink cleaning agent containing water and at least one selected from an amphoteric surfactant and a cationic surfactant, and then recovering the detached ink film, an ink cleaning agent that can be applied to this ink film recovery method, and an ink film detaching method. Ink films printed on plastic substrates can be easily detached and the detached ink films can be easily recovered using an ink cleaning agent that contains water and at least one selected from an amphoteric surfactant and a cationic surfactant.

IPC Classes  ?

• C11D 11/00 - Special methods for preparing compositions containing mixtures of detergents
• C11D 1/94 - Mixtures with anionic, cationic or non-ionic compounds
• C09J 5/00 - Adhesive processes in general; Adhesive processes not provided for elsewhere, e.g. relating to primers
• C09J 7/29 - Laminated material
• B29B 17/02 - Separating plastics from other materials

Abstract

A polyarylene sulfide (PAS) resin composition that contains a PAS resin and an antiviral agent, has superior antibacterial and antiviral properties, and maintains its intrinsic mechanical strength, weld strength in particular, an article molded from this resin composition, and methods for producing them are provided. More specifically, the PAS resin composition is one that contains the PAS resin and antivirus agent as its essential components, the molded article is one molded from it, and the production methods, for the PAS resin composition and the molded article, are one that includes a step of melt-kneading the PAS resin and antiviral agent in a temperature range of equal to or higher than the melting point of the PAS resin and one in which the PAS resin composition is melted and molded. The antiviral agent is metal ion-containing phosphate and/or borate glass.

IPC Classes  ?

• C08G 75/0204 - Polyarylenethioethers
• C08K 3/40 - Glass

Abstract

The halogenated zinc phthalocyanine pigment is for use as a green pigment for color filters and capable of achieving high brightness. In the halogenated zinc phthalocyanine pigment, when a coating film containing 1.00 part by mass of the pigment, 0.95 parts by mass of a benzyl methacrylate-methacrylic acid copolymer, and 0.30 parts by mass of a dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate copolymer is heated at 230° C. for one hour to form an evaluation coating film having a thickness of 4 μm, an average scattering intensity at scattering angles 2θ in a range of 17° to 21° is determined from a two-dimensional scattering image obtained by GI-WAXS measurement of the evaluation coating film, and a normalized average scattering intensity is determined such that the average scattering intensity at an azimuth of 45° is 1, the normalized average scattering intensity at azimuths of 5° to 89° is 0.70 to 1.15.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09B 47/10 - Obtaining compounds having halogen atoms directly bound to the phthalocyanine skeleton
• C09B 67/20 - Preparations of organic pigments
• C09B 67/50 - Crystalline modifications of pigments or dyestuff of phthalocyanines

Abstract

To calculate the properties of a resin composition in a short time and with high accuracy, a resin property value prediction apparatus includes an acquisition unit acquiring spectral data obtained by measuring a resin composition by a spectroscopic sensor in a process of performing a resin polymerization reaction in a batch type reaction tank and a calculation unit, using a learned model learned with spectral data obtained by measuring the resin composition in advance and a resin property value as training data, calculating the resin property value of the resin composition having the spectral data acquired by the acquisition unit.

IPC Classes  ?

• G01J 3/44 - Raman spectrometry; Scattering spectrometry
• G01N 21/65 - Raman scattering

Abstract

Provided are a molded article that contains a polyarylene sulfide (PAS) resin and a glass fiber and allows a decrease in mechanical strength to be suppressed even in a hot water environment and under acidic conditions, a PAS resin composition capable of providing such a molded article, and methods for producing the same. More specifically, provided are a PAS resin composition including, per 100 parts by mass of a PAS resin, 10 to 100 parts by mass of a glass fiber having, in the glass fiber, a ZrO2 content of 16 mass % or more, a TiO2 content of 5 to 10 mass % or less, and a CaO content of 0.1 to 5 mass %, and 0.01 to 10 parts by mass of a silane coupling agent (C) blended as essential components; a molded article; and methods for producing the same.

IPC Classes  ?

• C08L 81/02 - Polythioethers; Polythioether-ethers
• C08K 7/14 - Glass
• C08K 5/541 - Silicon-containing compounds containing oxygen
• B29C 48/86 - Thermal treatment of the extrusion moulding material or of preformed parts or layers, e.g. by heating or cooling at the nozzle zone
• B29C 48/00 - Extrusion moulding, i.e. expressing the moulding material through a die or nozzle which imparts the desired form; Apparatus therefor

Abstract

The disclosure provides a liquid crystal device including a liquid crystal composition containing a dichroic dye (dye-containing liquid crystal composition) that is in a light transmissive state when no voltage is applied to the transparent electrode and in a light scattering state when voltage is applied. The liquid crystal composition exhibits a negative dielectric constant anisotropy. The haze value of the liquid crystal device is 10% or less when no voltage is applied at 25° C., and the haze value is 50% or more when a rectangular wave voltage (AC 50 V, 60 Hz) is applied. The voltage holding ratio of the dye-containing liquid crystal composition is 60% or less at 25° C. The liquid crystal device provided by the disclosure is used as a component to provide a liquid crystal display apparatus, a light control apparatus, or a light transmitting apparatus with a high contrast.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09K 19/60 - Pleochroic dyes
• G02F 1/00 - Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
• G02F 1/1343 - Electrodes

Abstract

Provided are a molded article that contains a polyarylene sulfide (PAS) resin and a glass fiber and allows a decrease in mechanical strength to be suppressed even in a hot water environment and under acidic conditions, a PAS resin composition capable of providing such a molded article, and methods for producing the same. More specifically, provided are a PAS resin composition including, per 100 parts by mass of a PAS resin, 10 to 100 parts by mass of a glass fiber having, in the glass fiber, an MgO content of 6 mass % or more, a CaO content of 16 mass % or less, and an R2O content (the R2O content representing the total content of LiO2, Na2O, and K2O) of 1 mass % or less, and 0.01 to 10 parts by mass of a silane coupling agent (C) blended as essential components; a molded article; and methods for producing the same.

IPC Classes  ?

• C08L 81/02 - Polythioethers; Polythioether-ethers
• C08K 7/14 - Glass
• C08K 5/541 - Silicon-containing compounds containing oxygen
• B29C 48/86 - Thermal treatment of the extrusion moulding material or of preformed parts or layers, e.g. by heating or cooling at the nozzle zone
• B29C 48/00 - Extrusion moulding, i.e. expressing the moulding material through a die or nozzle which imparts the desired form; Apparatus therefor

Abstract

Provided is a method for manufacturing a molded article obtained by double belt press molding a thermosetting prepreg, in which the thermosetting prepreg is coated with a release film during molding, and a width of the prepreg is 1 to 25 mm smaller than that of the release film. This manufacturing method suppresses burr generation and fiber twisting, and is excellent in width restriction, and thus can be suitably used for, for example, automobile members, railroad vehicle members, aerospace machine members, ship members, household equipment members, sporting goods members, light vehicle members, building and civil engineering members, and housings for OA equipment and the like.

IPC Classes  ?

• B29C 70/50 - Shaping or impregnating by compression for producing articles of indefinite length, e.g. prepregs, sheet moulding compounds [SMC] or cross moulding compounds [XMC]
• B29C 37/00 - Component parts, details, accessories or auxiliary operations, not covered by group or

Abstract

An object is to provide a cured product having excellent heat resistance and dielectric properties (low dielectric properties) and prepregs, circuit boards, build-up films, semiconductor sealing materials, and semiconductor devices having these pieces of performance by using a curable resin having a specific structure. Specifically, provided is a curable resin having a structural unit (1) represented by General Formula (1) below and a terminal structure (2) represented by General Formula (2) below. In Formulae (1) and (2) above, the details of R1, R2, R3, k, and X are as described herein. An object is to provide a cured product having excellent heat resistance and dielectric properties (low dielectric properties) and prepregs, circuit boards, build-up films, semiconductor sealing materials, and semiconductor devices having these pieces of performance by using a curable resin having a specific structure. Specifically, provided is a curable resin having a structural unit (1) represented by General Formula (1) below and a terminal structure (2) represented by General Formula (2) below. In Formulae (1) and (2) above, the details of R1, R2, R3, k, and X are as described herein.

IPC Classes  ?

• C08G 61/02 - Macromolecular compounds containing only carbon atoms in the main chain of the macromolecule, e.g. polyxylylenes
• C08G 61/10 - Macromolecular compounds containing only carbon atoms in the main chain of the macromolecule, e.g. polyxylylenes only aromatic carbon atoms, e.g. polyphenylenes
• C08L 65/02 - Polyphenylenes
• C08L 65/04 - Polyxylylenes

Abstract

The present invention provides a urethane resin composition including an anionic urethane resin (X) and water (Y), in which the anionic urethane resin (X) is produced using, as raw materials, a polycarbonate polyol (A-1) produced using biomass-derived decanediol as a raw material, and a polycarbonate polyol (A-2) produced using a biomass-derived dihydroxy compound having a cyclic ether structure as a raw material. The polycarbonate polyol (A-1) is preferably produced further using butanediol as a raw material. In the polycarbonate polyol (A-1), the molar ratio [(C4)/(C10)] of the butanediol (C4) to the biomass-derived decanediol (C10) is preferably within a range of 50/50 to 98/2.

IPC Classes  ?

• C08G 18/44 - Polycarbonates
• C08G 18/08 - Processes
• C08G 18/12 - Prepolymer processes involving reaction of isocyanates or isothiocyanates with compounds having active hydrogen in a first reaction step using two or more compounds having active hydrogen in the first polymerisation step
• C08G 18/66 - Compounds of groups , , or
• D06N 3/14 - Artificial leather, oilcloth, or like material obtained by covering fibrous webs with macromolecular material, e.g. resins, rubber or derivatives thereof with macromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds with polyurethanes
• C08L 75/04 - Polyurethanes

Abstract

Provided is a method for producing a sheet molding compound, including a step of measuring bulkiness of a carbon fiber aggregate before an impregnation step of impregnating the carbon fiber aggregate with a resin composition. The method for producing a sheet molding compound can produce a sheet molding compound having the excellent impregnation property into carbon fibers regardless of the content of the carbon fibers, and thus can be preferably used for exteriors, structures, and the like of an automotive member, a railroad vehicle member, an aerospace vehicle member, a ship member, a housing equipment member, a sport member, a light vehicle member, a civil engineering and construction member, an OA equipment, etc.

IPC Classes  ?

• B29B 15/12 - Coating or impregnating of reinforcements of indefinite length

Abstract

The issue of the present invention is to provide a disazo pigment with high safety in which the content of chemical substances that may be harmful, in particular, in the food packaging field and the like and that may be regulated substances is reduced. A disazo pigment according to the present invention has a polychlorinated biphenyl content of less than 15 ppm and a primary aromatic amine content of less than 700 ppm. Preferably, the disazo pigment is at least one selected from a group consisting of C.I. Pigment Yellow 83, C.I. Pigment Yellow 13, and Cl. Pigment Yellow 14.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09B 35/039 - Disazo dyes characterised by the tetrazo component
• C09D 11/037 - Printing inks characterised by features other than the chemical nature of the binder characterised by the pigment

Abstract

A sensor device in which flexibility is ensured over the entirety of the device and that can be manufactured at low costs is provided. The sensor device having flexibility includes a flexible substrate, a temperature/humidity sensor connected to the flexible substrate, and an exterior body formed of a soft material. The temperature/humidity sensor has a waterproof moisture-permeable material that covers a detection surface. The exterior body has an opening that exposes the waterproof moisture-permeable material. The flexible substrate is bonded at at least a peripheral part thereof to the exterior body.

IPC Classes  ?

• H05K 1/02 - Printed circuits - Details

Abstract

Provided are a laminating adhesive, a laminate, and a packaging material which are excellent in retorting resistance and content resistance. The adhesive includes a polyol composition (A) including a polyester polyol (A1), and a polyisocyanate composition (B) including a polyisocyanate compound (B1), in which the polyester polyol (A1) is a reaction product of a composition including a polycarboxylic acid and a polyhydric alcohol, the polycarboxylic acid including a tetramer acid. The laminate and the packaging material are produced using the adhesive.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09J 175/06 - Polyurethanes from polyesters
• B32B 7/12 - Interconnection of layers using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties
• B32B 15/088 - Layered products essentially comprising metal comprising metal as the main or only constituent of a layer, next to another layer of a specific substance of synthetic resin comprising polyamides
• B32B 15/20 - Layered products essentially comprising metal comprising aluminium or copper
• B32B 27/34 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin comprising polyamides
• B32B 37/18 - Methods or apparatus for laminating, e.g. by curing or by ultrasonic bonding characterised by the properties of the layers with all layers existing as coherent layers before laminating involving the assembly of discrete sheets or panels only
• B32B 37/12 - Methods or apparatus for laminating, e.g. by curing or by ultrasonic bonding characterised by using adhesives

Abstract

When relation between a color of a color chip (a patch) in a color chart and a color of a color chip in an image-captured color chart is calculated, the color chip of the image-captured color chart was manually extracted by operating a keyboard or a mouse. Such an operation had a problem that an extraction error may occur, and that it takes time to manually extract all color chips in the color chart. The present invention solved the problem by a color chart in which recognition can be easily and automatically executed. The color chart includes a plurality of patches, and an automatic recognition marker configured to automatically recognize at least one of the plurality of patches.

IPC Classes  ?

• G01J 3/52 - Measurement of colour; Colour measuring devices, e.g. colorimeters using colour charts
• H04N 1/60 - Colour correction or control

Abstract

A two-phase bicontinuous silica structure includes a phase containing silica as a main component and an air phase. The silica has a Q4 bond as a chemical bond, a content of molybdenum in the whole amount of the two-phase bicontinuous silica structure is 2.0% by mass or less, and the phase containing silica as a main component is amorphous.

IPC Classes  ?

• C01B 33/18 - Preparation of finely divided silica neither in sol nor in gel form; After-treatment thereof

Abstract

To provide a fiber bundling agent containing: a vinyl ester resin (A) having an alkoxy polyoxyalkylene structure, a urethane bond, a (meth)acryloyl group, and an epoxy group; and an aqueous medium, in which the vinyl ester resin (A) has an epoxy equivalent of 3,500 g/eq to 11,000 g/eq. Since the fiber bundling agent is excellent in bundling properties and in interfacial shear strength between fiber resins, the fiber bundling agent is suitably used for production of a fiber material capable of imparting excellent strength to a molded product.

IPC Classes  ?

• C08J 5/04 - Reinforcing macromolecular compounds with loose or coherent fibrous material

Abstract

An object is to provide a cured product, for example, that is made with a curable resin composition containing a curable resin having a particular structure, a radical polymerization initiator, and a flame retardant and therefore is superior in flame retardancy, heat resistance (high glass transition temperature), and dielectric properties (low dielectric properties). Specifically, there are provided a curable resin represented by general formula (1) below and a curable resin composition containing this curable resin, a radical polymerization initiator (B), and a flame retardant (C). (In general formula (1) above, Y is a substituent represented by general formula (2) below, and the details of the substituents and the numbers of substituents presented in general formulae (1) and (2) above are as described in the text.) An object is to provide a cured product, for example, that is made with a curable resin composition containing a curable resin having a particular structure, a radical polymerization initiator, and a flame retardant and therefore is superior in flame retardancy, heat resistance (high glass transition temperature), and dielectric properties (low dielectric properties). Specifically, there are provided a curable resin represented by general formula (1) below and a curable resin composition containing this curable resin, a radical polymerization initiator (B), and a flame retardant (C). (In general formula (1) above, Y is a substituent represented by general formula (2) below, and the details of the substituents and the numbers of substituents presented in general formulae (1) and (2) above are as described in the text.)

IPC Classes  ?

• C08F 136/22 - Homopolymers of compounds having one or more unsaturated aliphatic radicals, at least one having two or more carbon-to-carbon double bonds the radical having three or more carbon-to-carbon double bonds
• C08J 5/24 - Impregnating materials with prepolymers which can be polymerised in situ, e.g. manufacture of prepregs
• C09D 147/00 - Coating compositions based on homolymers or copolymers of compounds having one or more unsaturated aliphatic radicals, at least one having two or more carbon-to-carbon double bonds; Coating compositions based on derivatives of such polymers
• C08L 47/00 - Compositions of homopolymers or copolymers of compounds having one or more unsaturated aliphatic radicals, at least one having two or more carbon-to-carbon double bonds; Compositions of derivatives of such polymers

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide an adhesive tape that has high conformability and high adhesion to an adherend, particularly, to a hard adherend and that has high removability such that the adhesive tape, when peeled off, can be easily peeled off if it is stretched not only in the horizontal direction of the adhesive tape but also at an angle, without the need to embrittle the adhesive tape, for example, by heating or by using an organic solvent and without leaving an adhesive on the adherend. The present invention relates to an adhesive tape including an adhesive layer containing a filler. The adhesive tape has a thickness of more than 150 μm and less than 1,500 μm, an elongation at break of 600% to 3,000%, and a tensile strength at break of 2.5 to 80.0 MPa.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09J 7/38 - Pressure-sensitive adhesives [PSA]
• C09J 11/04 - Non-macromolecular additives inorganic

Abstract

An object of the invention is to provide an image display system and the like useful for a remote diagnosis and treatment using color information such as a skin color and a tongue color of a patient. There is provided an image display system including: a color chart including a plurality of patches that include at least three patches selected from a group consisting of first to seventh patches having specific colors; an imaging device configured to simultaneously image the color chart and a person to be imaged and acquire image data; and a display device configured to receive the image data and display the image data as an image on a display unit.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 1/60 - Colour correction or control
• G06T 7/11 - Region-based segmentation
• G06T 7/90 - Determination of colour characteristics
• G06V 10/60 - Extraction of image or video features relating to illumination properties, e.g. using a reflectance or lighting model
• G06V 10/74 - Image or video pattern matching; Proximity measures in feature spaces
• G09G 5/06 - Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators characterised by the way in which colour is displayed using colour palettes, e.g. look-up tables

Abstract

A sealant film is provided in which a surface resin layer (A), an adhesive resin layer (B), a release resin layer (C), and a heat seal resin layer (D) are laminated. The adhesive resin layer (B) contains a thermoplastic elastomer (b1) and a tackifier resin (b2). The release resin layer (C) contains 40% by mass or more of an ethylene ionomer (c1) with a polar group concentration exceeding 5.5 mol % in a resin component contained in the release resin layer (C). The release resin layer (C) further contains 0 to 60% by mass of an ethylene ionomer (c2) with a polar group concentration of 5.5 mol % or less in the resin component contained in the release resin layer (C). The heat seal resin layer (D) contains an ethylene resin (d1).

IPC Classes  ?

• B32B 27/32 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin comprising polyolefins
• B32B 7/12 - Interconnection of layers using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties
• B32B 27/08 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin as the main or only constituent of a layer next to another layer of a specific substance of synthetic resin of a different kind
• B32B 37/12 - Methods or apparatus for laminating, e.g. by curing or by ultrasonic bonding characterised by using adhesives

Abstract

2 at 100% strain in a stress-strain curve.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09J 7/10 - Adhesives in the form of films or foils without carriers
• C09J 175/08 - Polyurethanes from polyethers
• C09J 7/38 - Pressure-sensitive adhesives [PSA]

Abstract

A PSA film includes a base material and a PSA layer on at least one side of the base material. The PSA layer has a temperature region, within the range of 70° C. to 100° C., in which its loss tangent tanδ is 0.8 or greater. The PSA film can be peeled off through irradiation with active energy radiation.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09J 7/38 - Pressure-sensitive adhesives [PSA]
• C09J 7/40 - Adhesives in the form of films or foils characterised by release liners
• C09J 7/25 - Plastics; Metallised plastics based on macromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by reactions involving only carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
• B32B 7/12 - Interconnection of layers using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties
• B32B 27/36 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin comprising polyesters
• B32B 27/08 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin as the main or only constituent of a layer next to another layer of a specific substance of synthetic resin of a different kind

Abstract

Provided are a recycling system, a recycling method, and a laminate separation and recovery method, in which a wet crushing facility capable of crushing a laminate in water and separating the laminate simultaneously with the crushing. The recycling system according to the invention is a recycling system for recycling a plastic laminate having at least two or more layers into a recycled material, the recycling system including: a wet crushing facility configured to separate the laminate into single layers while crushing the laminate in water by performing pressure feeding simultaneously with crushing; and a facility configured to dispense and recover a crushed mixture of each of the separated single layers.

IPC Classes  ?

• B29B 17/02 - Separating plastics from other materials

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide an inkjet aqueous composition that can sufficiently and easily prevent deterioration or corrosion of a silicon member that forms an ink channel. The present invention relates to an inkjet aqueous composition containing an aqueous medium and a surfactant, in which the surfactant includes a polysiloxane compound having a siloxane structure (—Si—O—) with a repetition number of 5 or more and 1000 or less, and to an inkjet aqueous ink, an inkjet aqueous primer, an inkjet aqueous cleaning liquid, an inkjet aqueous preservation liquid, and an inkjet recording device.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09D 11/102 - Printing inks based on artificial resins containing macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions other than those only involving unsaturated carbon-to-carbon bonds
• C09D 11/324 - Pigment inks containing carbon black
• C09D 11/033 - Printing inks characterised by features other than the chemical nature of the binder characterised by the solvent
• C09D 11/107 - Printing inks based on artificial resins containing macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds from unsaturated acids or derivatives thereof
• C09D 11/108 - Hydrocarbon resins
• C09D 11/12 - Printing inks based on waxes or bitumen
• C08L 83/04 - Polysiloxanes
• B41J 2/165 - Prevention of nozzle clogging, e.g. cleaning, capping or moistening for nozzles
• C11D 3/37 - Polymers

Abstract

Provided is a VMP aluminum slurry that can satisfy metallic texture achieving high designability and demand characteristics of adhesion level with a base material. It has been found that when a coating material formed using a VMP aluminum slurry containing a specific dicarboxylic acid is made into a coating film, the adhesion with a base material is particularly excellent, and the VMP aluminum slurry of the present invention has been completed. The VMP aluminum slurry contains a dicarboxylic acid having an octanol/water partition coefficient (log Pow) of −1 to 1 and a carbon chain of 2 to 5 carbon atoms between two carboxy groups, a VMP (vacuum metallized pigment) aluminum pigment, and a solvent.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09D 11/037 - Printing inks characterised by features other than the chemical nature of the binder characterised by the pigment
• C09D 11/033 - Printing inks characterised by features other than the chemical nature of the binder characterised by the solvent
• B22F 1/107 - Metallic powder containing lubricating or binding agents; Metallic powder containing organic material containing organic material comprising solvents, e.g. for slip casting

Abstract

A composition for activating cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) containing a spirulina extract is provided. A composition for CTL activation for proliferation of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) containing a spirulina extract is provided. Moreover, a pharmaceutical composition for CTL activation or a food or a drink for CTL activation containing the composition for CTL activation is provided.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61K 35/748 - Cyanobacteria, i.e. blue-green bacteria or blue-green algae, e.g. spirulina
• A61K 39/395 - Antibodies; Immunoglobulins; Immune serum, e.g. antilymphocytic serum
• A61P 17/00 - Drugs for dermatological disorders
• A61P 37/00 - Drugs for immunological or allergic disorders
• A61P 35/00 - Antineoplastic agents

Abstract

Provided are a two-component curable adhesive which can be aged at room temperature and has favorable adhesiveness to various base materials, a laminate in which the adhesiveness between a base material and an adhesive is excellent even when aged at room temperature, and a packaging material including the laminate. The two-component curable adhesive includes a polyisocyanate composition (X) including a polyisocyanate compound (A) and a polyol composition (Y) including a polyol (B), in which a viscosity of the polyol composition at 50° C. is 20 mPa·s or more and 180 mPa·s or less.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09J 175/14 - Polyurethanes having carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
• C09J 11/04 - Non-macromolecular additives inorganic
• B32B 7/12 - Interconnection of layers using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties
• B32B 7/10 - Interconnection of layers at least one layer having inter-reactive properties
• B32B 27/36 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin comprising polyesters

Abstract

A tube unit includes multiple tubes, a bundling portion that bundles end portions of the tubes, and pipe elements that are inserted into respective end portions of the tubes and support the end portions of the tubes from inside. A degassing module includes the tube unit and a housing in which the tube unit is accommodated and that separates inside spaces inside the respective tubes from an outside space outside the tubes. In addition, each tube is a tubular membrane that allows gas to pass therethrough and prohibits liquid from passing therethrough. The housing has an inside-space opening that is in communication with the inside spaces of the tubes and an outside-space opening that is in communication with the outside space of the tubes.

IPC Classes  ?

• B01D 19/00 - Degasification of liquids
• F16L 9/19 - Multi-channel pipes or pipe assemblies
• B01D 63/06 - Tubular membrane modules
• B01D 69/04 - Tubular membranes
• B01D 71/32 - Polyalkenyl halides containing fluorine atoms

Abstract

A sealant film including a surface resin layer (A), an adhesive resin layer (B), a release resin layer (C), and a heat seal resin layer (D) that are laminated is provided. The adhesive resin layer (B) contains a thermoplastic elastomer (b1) and a tackifier resin (b2). The release resin layer (C) contains a certain amount of an ethylene ionomer (c1) with a polar group concentration exceeding 5.5 mol % and an ethylene ionomer (c2) with a polar group concentration of 5.5 mol % or less in a resin component contained in the release resin layer (C). The heat seal resin layer (D) contains a certain amount of an olefin resin (d1) and a thermoplastic elastomer (d2) in a resin component contained in the heat seal resin layer (D).

IPC Classes  ?

• B32B 27/08 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin as the main or only constituent of a layer next to another layer of a specific substance of synthetic resin of a different kind
• B32B 27/32 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin comprising polyolefins
• B32B 27/30 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin comprising acrylic resin
• B32B 27/18 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin characterised by the use of special additives
• B32B 7/12 - Interconnection of layers using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties
• B65D 65/40 - Applications of laminates for particular packaging purposes

Abstract

A plasticizer for a vinyl chloride resin with excellent balance of non-transfer properties, fogging resistance, flexibility, heat resistance, and cold resistance is provided. Specifically, a plasticizer for a vinyl chloride resin is a polyester made from a glycol having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 4 to 14 carbon atoms, and a monoalcohol having 4 to 18 carbon atoms and/or a monocarboxylic acid having 2 to 21 carbon atoms, as reaction raw materials, in which the polyester has a number average molecular weight in a range of 500 to 6,000 and contains components with a molecular weight of 600 or less in a range of 0.5 to 3.0% by mass in terms of area ratio in gel permeation chromatography measurement.

IPC Classes  ?

• C08L 67/02 - Polyesters derived from dicarboxylic acids and dihydroxy compounds
• C08L 27/06 - Homopolymers or copolymers of vinyl chloride
• C08G 63/21 - Polyesters having been prepared in the presence of compounds having one reactive group or more than two reactive groups in the presence of unsaturated monocarboxylic acids or unsaturated monohydric alcohols or reactive derivatives thereof
• C08G 63/90 - Purification; Drying

Abstract

A porous silicon oxycarbide composite material comprises a porous silicon oxycarbide having a three-dimensional skeleton structure, and a carbon-containing material supported by the three-dimensional skeleton structure, wherein the porous silicon oxycarbide composite material has a BET specific surface area of 100 m2/g or more and an electrical conductivity of 1.0×10−6 S/cm or more.

IPC Classes  ?

• H01M 4/90 - Selection of catalytic material
• H01M 4/86 - Inert electrodes with catalytic activity, e.g. for fuel cells
• H01M 4/96 - Carbon-based electrodes

Abstract

Provided are an adsorbent which can be used in water, particularly even under strong acid conditions, and which has excellent adsorptivity, a method for efficiently separating a separation object substance from a liquid containing the separation object substance using the adsorbent, and further a method for producing a liquid having a separation object substance reduced. More specifically, provided are a method for separating a separation object substance and a liquid using polyarylene sulfide resin particles as an adsorbent from the liquid containing the separation object substance, wherein the liquid contains water, and further a method for producing a liquid having a separation object substance reduced, comprising efficiently separating a separation object substance from a liquid containing the separation object substance using an adsorbent which can be used in water, particularly even under strong acid conditions, and which has excellent adsorptivity.

IPC Classes  ?

• C02F 1/28 - Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by sorption
• C08G 75/0209 - Polyarylenethioethers derived from monomers containing one aromatic ring
• C08G 75/0259 - Preparatory processes using metal hydrogensulfides
• B01J 20/26 - Synthetic macromolecular compounds
• B01J 20/28 - Solid sorbent compositions or filter aid compositions; Sorbents for chromatography; Processes for preparing, regenerating or reactivating thereof characterised by their form or physical properties

Abstract

The present invention provides a curable composition comprising a urethane-modified epoxy resin (A) as an essential component of a main material, and an acid anhydride (B) as an essential component of a curing agent, wherein the urethane-modified epoxy resin (A) is a reaction product of a polyisocyanate compound (a1), a polyester polyol (a2), and a hydroxyl group-containing epoxy resin (a3) as essential reaction raw materials. The curable composition of the invention is advantageous in that a cured product having excellent fracture toughness and excellent tensile strength can be formed from the composition.

IPC Classes  ?

• C08G 18/58 - Epoxy resins
• C08G 18/12 - Prepolymer processes involving reaction of isocyanates or isothiocyanates with compounds having active hydrogen in a first reaction step using two or more compounds having active hydrogen in the first polymerisation step
• C08G 18/42 - Polycondensates having carboxylic or carbonic ester groups in the main chain
• C08G 18/75 - Polyisocyanates or polyisothiocyanates cyclic cycloaliphatic
• C08G 59/24 - Di-epoxy compounds carbocyclic
• C08G 59/28 - Di-epoxy compounds containing acyclic nitrogen atoms
• C08G 59/42 - Polycarboxylic acids; Anhydrides, halides, or low-molecular-weight esters thereof
• C08J 5/04 - Reinforcing macromolecular compounds with loose or coherent fibrous material
• C08L 63/00 - Compositions of epoxy resins; Compositions of derivatives of epoxy resins
• C08J 5/24 - Impregnating materials with prepolymers which can be polymerised in situ, e.g. manufacture of prepregs

Abstract

The present invention is to find appropriate manufacturing conditions for obtaining a homogeneous scattering state, a homogeneous transparent state, and a homogeneous driving voltage state and to obtain a polymer dispersed liquid crystal display element that has homogeneous properties. A polymer dispersed liquid crystal display element having excellent homogeneity can be obtained by irradiating a light control layer-forming material containing a liquid crystal material and a polymerizable composition with ultraviolet light under specific ultraviolet irradiation conditions to polymerize the polymerizable composition.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09K 19/54 - Additives having no specific mesophase
• C09K 19/30 - Non-steroidal liquid crystal compounds containing at least two non-condensed rings containing saturated or unsaturated non-aromatic rings, e.g. cyclohexane rings
• C09K 19/34 - Non-steroidal liquid crystal compounds containing at least one heterocyclic ring
• G02F 1/1334 - Constructional arrangements based on polymer-dispersed liquid crystals, e.g. microencapsulated liquid crystals

Abstract

Provided is a cured product having excellent heat resistance and dielectric properties (low dielectric properties) by using a curable resin characterized by having an indane skeleton. Specifically, provided are a curable resin having an indane skeleton represented by the following formula, a resin composition containing the same, and a cured product thereof. Provided is a cured product having excellent heat resistance and dielectric properties (low dielectric properties) by using a curable resin characterized by having an indane skeleton. Specifically, provided are a curable resin having an indane skeleton represented by the following formula, a resin composition containing the same, and a cured product thereof. Provided is a cured product having excellent heat resistance and dielectric properties (low dielectric properties) by using a curable resin characterized by having an indane skeleton. Specifically, provided are a curable resin having an indane skeleton represented by the following formula, a resin composition containing the same, and a cured product thereof. X is a (meth)acryloyl group; Ra and Rb are each an alkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, or a cycloalkyl group with a carbon atom number of 1 to 12; j is an integer of 1 to 3; k and 1 are each an integer of 0 to 4; n is an average number of repeating units, being 0.5 to 20; and m is an integer of 0 to 2.

IPC Classes  ?

• C08G 61/02 - Macromolecular compounds containing only carbon atoms in the main chain of the macromolecule, e.g. polyxylylenes

Abstract

Provided are a coating composition for producing an interlayer insulation film, the coating composition making it possible to produce an interlayer insulation film patterned and having a high Young’s modulus and a low relative dielectric constant in high throughput, a method for producing the interlayer insulation film, and a semiconductor element including the interlayer insulation film. Specifically, the coating composition for producing the interlayer insulation film includes: a polymerizable compound (A) being a polymerizable silicon compound having two or more polymerizable groups, at least one of the two or more polymerizable groups being a polymerizable group Q expressed by *-O-R-Y (wherein * represents a bond with a silicon atom, R represents a single bond, an unsubstituted or substituted alkylene group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms and optionally containing a heteroatom, or a phenylene group, and Y represents a polymerizable group); and a photopolymerization initiator (B).

IPC Classes  ?

• C08G 77/20 - Polysiloxanes containing silicon bound to unsaturated aliphatic groups
• C09D 183/04 - Polysiloxanes
• C08F 299/08 - Macromolecular compounds obtained by interreacting polymers involving only carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bond reactions, in the absence of non-macromolecular monomers from unsaturated polycondensates from polysiloxanes
• G03F 7/075 - Silicon-containing compounds
• H01B 3/44 - Insulators or insulating bodies characterised by the insulating materials; Selection of materials for their insulating or dielectric properties mainly consisting of organic substances waxes acrylic resins
• H01B 19/04 - Treating the surfaces, e.g. applying coatings
• H01B 19/02 - Drying; Impregnating
• B29C 59/02 - Surface shaping, e.g. embossing; Apparatus therefor by mechanical means, e.g. pressing

Abstract

A method for producing a halogenated zinc phthalocyanine pigment includes a step of forming a halogenated zinc phthalocyanine crude pigment into a pigment. The halogenated zinc phthalocyanine crude pigment is obtained by depositing a halogenated zinc phthalocyanine, which is synthesized by using an acidic compound or a compound that generates an acid by reacting with water, and the step includes a pretreatment step of kneading the halogenated zinc phthalocyanine crude pigment along with water.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09B 47/10 - Obtaining compounds having halogen atoms directly bound to the phthalocyanine skeleton

Abstract

A method for producing a halogenated zinc phthalocyanine pigment according to one embodiment includes a first step of obtaining a halogenated zinc phthalocyanine crude pigment by deposition by extracting a halogenated zinc phthalocyanine, which is synthesized by using a compound that generates an acid by reacting with water; and a second step of forming the halogenated zinc phthalocyanine crude pigment into a pigment.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09B 47/10 - Obtaining compounds having halogen atoms directly bound to the phthalocyanine skeleton
• C09B 67/20 - Preparations of organic pigments
• C07D 487/22 - Heterocyclic compounds containing nitrogen atoms as the only ring hetero atoms in the condensed system, not provided for by groups in which the condensed system contains four or more hetero rings

Abstract

A method for producing a halogenated zinc phthalocyanine pigment includes a step of forming a halogenated zinc phthalocyanine crude pigment into a pigment. The halogenated zinc phthalocyanine crude pigment is obtained by depositing a halogenated zinc phthalocyanine, which is synthesized by using a compound that generates an acid by reacting with water, and the aforementioned step includes a pretreatment step of dry-crushing the halogenated zinc phthalocyanine crude pigment by using an attritor and then washing the dry-crushed halogenated zinc phthalocyanine crude pigment with water.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09B 47/10 - Obtaining compounds having halogen atoms directly bound to the phthalocyanine skeleton
• C09B 67/20 - Preparations of organic pigments
• C07D 487/22 - Heterocyclic compounds containing nitrogen atoms as the only ring hetero atoms in the condensed system, not provided for by groups in which the condensed system contains four or more hetero rings