Abstract: A polyvinyl alcohol film is provided, which is highly transparent, and excellent in antistatic property and cold-water solubility. The polyvinyl alcohol film contains: (A) a polyvinyl alcohol resin; and (B) an ester of a C2 to C4 fatty acid (b1) and a polyhydric alcohol (b2); wherein the ester (B) is present in an amount of 1 to 4,000 ppm.

Abstract: Provided are: a highly durable polymer having a high hole-injection/transport capacity; and a composition for an organic electroluminescent element, which contains the polymer.

Abstract: Provided is a polymer including a constituent unit (1) based on a monomer represented by Formula (1), in which a content of a constituent unit based on a monomer having a polycyclic structure is 35 mol % or less. In Formula (1), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, A1 represents a linking group including an ester bond, or a single bond, where A1 has no tertiary carbon atom, and Z1 represents an atomic group forming a sulfur-containing cyclic hydrocarbon group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms, which includes a carbon atom bonded to A1, and —SO2—.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an amide compound from a nitrile compound in the presence of a biocatalyst having nitrile hydratase activity, wherein the amide compound is efficiently produced by suppressing a deactivation of the biocatalyst, and improving the rate of conversion reaction from the nitrile compound to the amide compound.

Abstract: Provided is a composition for a sound insulating sheet member, a sound insulating sheet member, and a sound insulating structure body with excellent sound insulating performance. A sound insulating structure body including: a plurality of convex-shaped rubber-elastic resonant portions; and a sheet-like support that supports the resonant portions, wherein the resonant portions have a storage modulus G? obtained from a composite curve of dynamic viscoelasticity according to ISO 6721-4 of 100 MPa or less at 25° C. and 10 kHz, and the areal density of the support is 1.0 kg/m2 or less.

Abstract: A main object of the present invention is to provide beneficial improvements relating to a method for producing a fiber reinforced plastic product, the method including curing while pressurizing a prepreg preform by using a core having a fusible part as means for pressurizing.

Abstract: A carbon material for a non-aqueous secondary battery containing a graphite capable of occluding and releasing lithium ions, and having a cumulative pore volume at pore diameters in a range of 0.01 ?m to 1 ?m of 0.08 mL/g or more, a roundness, as determined by flow-type particle image analysis, of 0.88 or greater, and a pore diameter to particle diameter ratio (PD/d50 (%)) of 1.8 or less, the ratio being given by equation (1A): PD/d50 (%)=mode pore diameter (PD) in a pore diameter range of 0.01 ?m to 1 ?m in a pore distribution determined by mercury intrusion/volume-based average particle diameter (d50)×100 is provided.

Abstract: Provided is a monomer composition containing methyl methacrylate, and at least one compound of methyl pyruvate and methyl 2-methylbutyrate.

Abstract: Provided is a monomer composition containing methyl methacrylate and methyl propionate, in which the methyl propionate content is more than 200 ppm by mass and 50,000 ppm by mass or less relative to the total mass of the monomer composition.

Abstract: A filling member is interposed between pouch cells of a battery pack, the filling member has a first surface orthogonal to a thickness direction thereof and a second surface opposite to the first surface, ?d1 and ?d2 defined below satisfy formulas (1) and (2) below, respectively, ?p satisfies formula (3) below, and ?d1>?d2 holds: (1) ?d1?3.0×10?3 (m2·K)/W, (2) ?d2?8.0×10?3 (m2·K)/W, (3) 0.5 K/W??p1?1000 K/W, and (4) 0.5 K/W??p2?1000 K/W. ?d1 is heat transfer resistance when the average temperature of one of the first and second surfaces exceeds 180° C., ?d2 is heat transfer resistance when the average temperatures of the first and second surfaces both do not exceed 80° C., ?p1 is heat transfer resistance when the average temperature exceeds 180° C., ?p2 is heat transfer resistance when the average temperatures do not exceed 80° C.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced polybutylene terephthalate resin composition contain 40-90 mass % of a polybutylene terephthalate resin, 10-60 mass % of a reinforcing fiber, and 0-35 mass % of other polymer or additive by using a twin-screw extruder, the method includes using polybutylene terephthalate resin pellets (avg. weight of 16-29 mg) as a raw material for the resin by: (1) kneading the resin and the fiber with a first kneading part; (2) adding the fiber at a part downstream of the first kneading part and performing kneading with a second kneading part; and (3) reducing pressure of a vent at a part downstream of the second kneading part and performing devolatilization, where the first kneading part has a length of 5.0-9.0 D and a specific screw configuration, the second kneading part contains a specific screw configuration, and the production is carried out with a screw shaft torque density of 11.5-19 Nm/cm3.

Abstract: Disclosed is a biaxially stretched film containing two or more kinds of polyesters, in which at least one of the polyesters is a polybutylene naphthalate resin (A), and a dielectric tangent at 28 GHz is 0.0040 or less. There can be provided a biaxially stretched film having excellent low-dielectric properties.

Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin molding material by which, when the fiber-reinforced resin molding material is manufactured, separated fiber bundles can be supplied to a cutting machine in stable condition while avoiding the influence of meandering of the fiber bundles or slanting or meandering of filaments occurring in the fiber bundles. A method for manufacturing a sheet-shaped fiber-reinforced resin molding material in which spaces between filaments of cut-out fiber bundles (CF) are impregnated with resin includes, so that a condition of the following expression (1) is satisfied, intermittently separating fibers of the continuous fiber bundles (CF) in a longitudinal direction by a rotational blade (18) serving as a fiber separating part and cutting out the fiber bundles with an interval therebetween in a longitudinal direction of a cutting machine (13A) to obtain the cut-out fiber bundles (CF).

Abstract: An excellent method of manufacturing a patterned substrate which is capable of easily patterning an insulation layer to provide a patterned substrate even when a difficult-to-etch material is used for the insulation layer, a patterned substrate obtained thereby, and a patterned substrate intermediate thereof are provided. The method of manufacturing a patterned substrate with the insulation layer and an electrode layer stacked in this order on a substrate comprising: forming an organic resist material layer; irradiating the organic resist material layer with radiation or an electromagnetic wave of a wavelength of 10 to 780 nm and developing the organic resist material layer to form a first patterning layer; and removing the first patterning layer.

Abstract: A partition member has two surfaces in a thickness direction, and separates single cells that make up an assembled battery. When the average temperature of one of the two surfaces exceeds 180° C., a thermal resistance per unit area (?1) in the thickness direction satisfies Expression 1 below, and when the average temperatures of both of the two surfaces do not exceed 80° C., a thermal resistance per unit area (?2) in the thickness direction satisfies Expression 2 below. ?1?5.0×10?3(m2·K/W)??(Expression 1), and ?2?4.0×10?3(m2·K/W)??(Expression 2).

Abstract: Provided is a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin prepreg which exhibits high interfacial adhesion between reinforcement fibers and a matrix resin, while having excellent interlaminar fracture resistance. The fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin prepreg of the present invention comprises: a matrix resin comprising a polyarylketone resin and a polyetherimide resin; and a carbon fiber, wherein the polyetherimide resin in the matrix resin comprises a polyetherimide resin having a structural unit represented by Formula (1), an amount of the polyetherimide resin in the matrix resin (100% by mass) is 3% by mass to 25% by mass, and an amount of the polyarylketone resin in the matrix resin (100% by mass) is 75% by mass or more.

Abstract: Narrow bandgap n-type small molecules are attracting attention in the near-infrared organic optoelectronics field, due to their easy tunable energy band with a molecular design flexibility. However, only a few reports demonstrate narrow bandgap non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) that perform well in organic solar cells (OSCs), and the corresponding benefits of NFA photodiodes have not been well investigated in organic photodetectors (OPDs). Here, the ultra-narrow bandgap NFAs CO1-4F, CO1-4Cl and o-IO1 were designed and synthesized for the achieved efficient near-infrared organic photodiodes such as solar cells and photodetectors. Designing an asymmetrical CO1-4F by introducing two different ?-bridges including alkylthienyl and alkoxythienyl units ultimately provides an asymmetric A-D?-D-D?-A molecular configuration. This enables a delicate modulation in energy band structure as well as maintains an intense intramolecular charge transfer characteristic of the excited state.

Abstract: A molding provided with a sheet-shaped composite material section formed from a fiber-reinforced composite material containing reinforcing fibers and a matrix resin, and protruding ribs formed directly on a first surface of the composite material section and containing a thermoplastic resin, wherein the ribs intersect with each other on the first surface, and the mean width t, mean height H and the proportion occupied on the first surface are within specified ranges. A manufacturing method for the molding including a composite material section-forming step for forming the composite material section, and a rib-forming step for forming the ribs so as to satisfy the above conditions.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a methyl methacrylate-containing composition having high storage and heat stability. This can be solved with a methyl methacrylate-containing composition containing methyl methacrylate, an ester compound having an alpha-hydrogen represented by Formula (1) (component A), and a polymerization inhibitor (component B), in which the concentration of methyl methacrylate is from 99% by mass to 99.99% by mass.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a methyl methacrylate-containing composition with high quality stability during storage. This can be solved with a methyl methacrylate-containing composition containing methyl methacrylate, and an alkyl-substituted aryl compound represented by the following Formula (1), in which the concentration of methyl methacrylate is from 99 to 99.99% by mass.