Abstract: A piezoelectric base material includes an elongated inner conductor, and a piezoelectric layer covering a periphery of the inner conductor. The piezoelectric layer includes a piezoelectric yarn wound around the inner conductor, and an adhering section that maintains a state in which the piezoelectric yarn is wound around the periphery of the inner conductor. The piezoelectric yarn includes an optically active polypeptide fiber that is a fiber including an optically active polypeptide. The piezoelectric layer has an elastic modulus Y of from 1.0 GPa to 8.0 GPa as measured by a microhardness measurement in accordance with JIS Z 2255.

Abstract: A resin composition, wherein the content of a propylene-based polymer (A) satisfying a predetermined requirement is 10 to 99.9 parts by mass, the content of a propylene-based polymer (B) satisfying a predetermined requirement is 0 to 40 parts by mass, the content of a polyolefin (C) containing structural units derived from an unsaturated carboxylic acid and/or a derivative thereof is 0.1 to 20 parts by mass, and the content of an ethylene-based polymer (D) satisfying a predetermined requirement is 0 to 40 parts by mass, provided that the total content of components (A), (B), (C) and (D) is 100 parts by mass.

Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer composition including 100 parts by mass of a block copolymer containing a polymer block (X) having an aromatic vinyl compound as a main component and a polymer block (Y) having a conjugated diene compound as a main component, or a hydrogenated product thereof (A); 1 to 400 parts by mass of an ethylene/?-olefin copolymer (B) satisfying the following requirements (b-1) to (b-3); and 0 to 200 parts by mass of a polyolefin-based resin (C) satisfying the following requirement (c-1), (b-1) a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. is 5 to 5,000 mm2/s and a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. is 50 to 100,000 mm2/s, (b-2) a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) determined by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) is 1,000 to 30,000, (b-3) a content ratio of ethylene structural units is 15 to 85 mol %, and (c-1) MFR (230° C. and 2.16 kg) is 0.1 to 500 g/10 min.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical member including an organic polymer. This optical member includes a surface A which has an area of 1 mm2 or more, and in which the flatness of a region having an area of 1 mm2, as measured by a non-contact type optical flatness meter, is 80 ?m or less.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a cyclic olefin compound, including a step of producing a cyclic olefin compound by acting a divalent nickel complex represented by General Formula (1) to decarbonylate and decarboxylate an alicyclic dicarboxylic acid anhydride, in which the divalent nickel complex includes at least one specific anionic ligand Y: Ni(Y)m(L)n??(1) wherein Ni is divalent nickel, Y is an anionic monodentate or polydentate ligand and has at least one Ni-E covalent bond, E is a heteroatom or a n-bonding group, m is 1 or 2, L is a neutral ligand, and n is a real number of 0 to 6.

Abstract: Provided is a spun-bonded nonwoven fabric including fibers formed of a resin composition that contains: a propylene polymer (A); and a polymer (B) which is at least one selected from the group consisting of polyolefins, other than the propylene polymer (A), and polyesters. The fibers have a sea-island structure. The fibers include fibers in which a ratio of island phases having a diameter of less than 0.32 ?m among those island phases at a cross-section perpendicular to the axial direction of the fibers is 60% or higher on a number basis. In the spun-bonded nonwoven fabric, a ratio (SMB/SCB) of the tensile strength (SMD) in a machine flow direction (MD) with respect to the tensile strength (SCD)) in a direction (CD) perpendicular to the machine flow direction (MD) is from 2.0 to 5.1.

Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer composition contains (A) to (D): (A) 100 parts by mass of a propylene polymer; (B) 50 to 300 parts by mass of an ethylene/?-olefin copolymer including units of ethylene and ?-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms; (C) 50 to 280 parts by mass of a softener; and (D) 90 to 400 parts by mass of a hydrogenated product of a block copolymer including at least one block mainly including a conjugated diene monomer unit and at least one block mainly including a vinyl aromatic monomer unit.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to obtain a recycled carbon fiber-reinforced polyolefin composition containing recycled carbon fibers having a mechanical strength that is superior to that of a composition containing unused carbon fibers, and a molded product thereof, and the present invention relates to a recycled carbon fiber-reinforced polyolefin composition, containing 0.01 to 50 parts by mass of a modified polyolefin (A), 50 to 99 parts by mass of a polyolefin (B), and 1 to 80 parts by mass of a recycled carbon fiber (C), wherein a total of (A), (B) and (C) is 100 parts by mass, wherein the modified polyolefin (A) is a modified polyolefin obtained by reacting a modified polyolefin (D) having a group that reacts with a carbodiimide group and a carbodiimide group-containing compound (E).

Abstract: A 1-butene/ethylene copolymer (A) satisfying the following requirements (A1) to (A5). (A1) a content of constituent units (i) derived from 1-butene is in a range of 70 to 99.9 mol %, and a content of constituent units (ii) derived from ethylene is in a range of 0.1 to 30 mol % [provided that a total of constituent units (i) and constituent units (ii) is 100 mol %]; (A2) an isotactic pentad fraction (mmmm) calculated by 13C-NMR is in a range of 80 to 99.9%; (A3) an intrinsic viscosity [?] measured in decalin at 135° C. is in a range of 0.7 to 2.0 dl/g; (A4) a melt flow rate (MFR) measured at 190° C. and a load of 2.16 kg in accordance with ASTM D1238 is 1 to 100 g/10 min; and (A5) a melting peak is not observed during second temperature raising in calorimetry with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC).

Abstract: The present application provides an apparatus that is for producing a fiber-reinforced resin having reinforcement fibers aligned in one direction and that is capable of, with a relatively simple configuration, connecting a preceding reinforcement fiber and a subsequent reinforcement fiber when switching between the reinforcement fibers. An apparatus according to the present invention is for producing a fiber-reinforced resin having reinforcement fibers aligned in one direction, and comprises: an impregnation part which impregnates a reinforcement fiber with a resin; and a switching device which performs switching of reinforcement fibers on the upstream side of the impregnation part, from a preceding reinforcement fiber to a new reinforcement fiber. During the switching operation, the switching device forms a fabric using the preceding reinforcement fiber and the new reinforcement fiber as warp and other fibers as weft so as to connect the new reinforcement fiber with the preceding reinforcement fiber.

Abstract: Provided is a polyamide resin composition that has high electrical resistance in a high temperature range (around 130° C.) and high heat resistance. The polyamide resin composition includes: a polyamide resin that includes a component unit (a) derived from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid or an alicyclic dicarboxylic acid and a component unit (b2) derived from a diamine represented by formula (1); and at least one flame retardant (X) selected from the group consisting of polybrominated styrenes, brominated polystyrenes, and brominated polyphenylenes, or a flame retardant (Y) containing a specific phosphinate compound, a specific bisphosphinate compound, or a polymer of these compounds. In formula (1), n and the two instances of m are each independently 0 or 1, and —X— is a single bond or a divalent group selected from the group consisting of —O—, —S—, —SO2—, —CO—, and —CH2—.

Abstract: Provided is a nonaqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery, the nonaqueous electrolyte solution containing a compound (I) represented by Formula (I) and a compound (II) represented by Formula (II). In Formula (I), each of R1 and R2 independently represents a substituent such as an alkyl group having from 1 to 7 carbon atoms. In Formula (II), R3 represents an oxygen atom or the like; R4 represents a group represented by Formula (ii-1), a group represented by Formula (ii-2), or the like; and * represents a binding position. In Formula (ii-1), R41 represents an oxymethylene group or the like and, in Formula (ii-2), R42 represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or the like.

Abstract: A resin composition including: 100 parts by mass of a thermoplastic resin (A) having a density, a MFR, and durometer A hardness falling within certain ranges; 10 to 100 parts by mass of a heat storage compound (B) having a flash point of 200° C. or higher; and 1.5 to 20 parts by mass of a porous inorganic compound (C) having an oil absorption of 4.0 g/g or more, in which the content of the heat storage compound (B) is less than 700 parts by mass based on the content of the porous inorganic compound (C) of 100 parts by mass.

Abstract: Provided is a polyamide resin composition that has a high electrical resistance in a high temperature region (around 130° C.) while having a high heat resistance. This polyamide resin composition comprises polyamide resin that contains a component unit (a) deriving from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid or alicyclic dicarboxylic acid and a component unit (b2) deriving from 1,3-bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane. The polyamide resin composition further comprises at least one flame retardant (X) selected from the group consisting of polybrominated styrenes, brominated polystyrenes, and brominated polyphenylenes, or a flame retardant (Y) comprising a prescribed phosphinate salt compound or bisphosphinate salt compound or a polymer thereof.

Abstract: Provided is a polyamide resin composition that, at high temperatures, suppresses reductions in tensile strength due to the addition of a copper-based heat-resistance stabilizer, and maintains a tensile strength over longer periods of time in a hot environment. The composition includes a polyamide resin and a copper-based heat-resistance stabilizer. The polyamide resin includes: a component unit (a) derived from dicarboxylic acid which is derived from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid or an alicyclic dicarboxylic acid; and greater than or equal to 10 mol % and less than 50 mol % of a component unit (b2), which is derived from 1,3-bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane, with respect to the total number of moles of a component unit (b) derived from diamine. The content of copper included in the copper-based heat-resistance stabilizer is 0.001 parts by mass to 0.050 parts by mass, inclusive, with respect to 100 total parts by mass of the polyamide resin.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a laminate of an olefin-type rubber, which is non-polar or has a small polarity and which is difficult to bond with a different material, and a rubber comprising Group 15 elements, which is a different kind of rubber. The laminate according to the present invention includes a structure including, in order, an olefin-type rubber layer (A); an adhesive resin layer (B) containing at least one selected from the group consisting of an ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer, a silane-modified ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer, an ethylene/acrylic acid copolymer and an ionomer thereof, and an ethylene/methacrylic acid copolymer and an ionomer thereof; and a layer (C) containing a rubber containing Group 15 elements.

Abstract: Provided is a composition for forming a film for semiconductor devices, including: a compound (A) including a Si—O bond and a cationic functional group containing at least one of a primary nitrogen atom or a secondary nitrogen atom; a crosslinking agent (B) which includes three or more —C(?O)OX groups (X is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms) in the molecule, in which from one to six of three or more —C(?O)OX groups are —C(?O)OH groups, and which has a weight average molecular weight of from 200 to 600; and a polar solvent (D).

Abstract: A multilayer film includes a layer that includes a 4-methyl-1-pentene-based polymer, and a layer that includes a polyolefin. The layer that includes a 4-methyl-1-pentene-based polymer and the layer that includes a polyolefin contact each other at at least a portion thereof, the inter-layer adhesion strength between the layer that includes a 4-methyl-1-pentene-based polymer and the layer that includes a polyolefin is 0.5 N/15 mm or more, and a heat-seal strength of from 3 N/15 mm to 15 N/15 mm is exhibited in a case in which two of the layers that include a polyolefin are brought into contact with each other and heat-sealed at 120° C.

Abstract: This external stimulus application system is structured so as to comprise: an external stimulus unit that applies an external stimulus to a target area of a user's body; a detection unit that detects changes in a detected area of the user's body during an action of the user; a control unit that causes the external stimulus unit to produce a stimulus if a detected value detected by the detection unit satisfies a prescribed condition; and a storage unit that stores the detected value.

Abstract: Provided is a photocurable composition used for forming a resin layer of a concave-convex structure including a substrate and a resin layer provided on the substrate and having fine concavities and convexities formed on a surface thereof. A cured film of the photocurable composition has a surface free energy of 15 mJ/m2 to 40 mJ/m2 as measured based on the Kitazaki-Hata theory and a hardness of 0.05 GPa to 0.5 GPa as measured using a nanoindenter.