Abstract: Provided is a blue light emitting organic EL device having high emission efficiency and a long lifetime. This organic EL device comprises one or more light emitting layers between an anode and a cathode opposite to each other, wherein at least one of the light emitting layers contains a first host, a second host, and a light emitting dopant; the first host is a carbazole compound or a bicarbazole compound; the second host is an indolocarbazole compound; and the light emitting dopant is a polycyclic aromatic compound represented by the general formula (4) or a polycyclic aromatic compound having this structure as a partial structure. In the formula, Y4 is B, P, P?O, P?S, AL, Ga, As, Si—R4, or Ge—R41, and X4 is O, N—Ar4, S, or Se.

Abstract: Provided is a blue light emitting organic EL device having high emission efficiency and a long lifetime. This organic electroluminescent device includes one or more light emitting layers between an anode and a cathode opposite to each other, wherein at least one of the light emitting layers comprises one or more hosts selected from the indolocarbazole compounds represented by the following general formula (1) and, as a light emitting dopant, a polycyclic aromatic compound represented by the following general formula (2) or a polycyclic aromatic compound having the structure represented by the general formula (2) as a substructure, and wherein in the formulae Z is an indolocarbazole ring-containing group, X1 is O, N—Ar3, S, or Se, and Y1 is B, P, P?O, P?S, Al, Ga, As, Si—R2 or Ge—R3.

Abstract: To provide a practically useful organic electroluminescent device which is improved in luminous efficiency and at the same time, sufficiently secures the stability during driving. An organic electroluminescent device, wherein a light-emitting layer includes two host materials different from each other, and a dopant material, one of the host materials is a compound represented by general formula (1) and the other of the host materials is a compound represented by general formula (2). A ring A is a heterocycle represented by formula (1a), X represents N or C—Ar?, Y represents O, S, N—Ar3, or C—Ar4Ar5, and any one of Z1 to Z4 represents a carbon atom binding to a 6-membered ring containing X and the others and Z5 to Z8 each represent C—Ar? or N. Ar, Ar? and Ar1 to Ar5 each represent, for example, hydrogen, or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms. A ring B is a heterocycle represented by formula (2a), and Ar6 and Ar7 each represent, for example, hydrogen, or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.

Abstract: To provide an organic EL device having high efficiency and extended lifetime while having a low driving voltage, and a material for an organic electroluminescent device suitable therefor. This material for an organic electroluminescent device is comprised of an indolocarbazole compound represented by the following general formula (1): [C1] wherein a ring A is a heterocycle represented by formula (1a); Ar1 and Ar2 each represent an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocyclic group, or a linked aromatic group; L2 represents an aromatic heterocyclic group; Ar3 represents an aromatic hydrocarbon group or a linked aromatic group in which a plurality of these aromatic hydrocarbon groups are linked to each other; and a+b+c?1.

Abstract: To provide an organic electroluminescent device having high efficiency while having a driving voltage. This organic electroluminescent device includes an anode, an organic layer and a cathode stacked on a substrate, at least one layer of the organic layer is a light-emitting layer containing a first host, a second host and a light-emitting dopant material, the first host is selected from a compound represented by the following general formula (1), and the second host is selected from a biscarbazole compound binding at a position other than the N-position, an indolocarbazole compound, or a carbazole compound in which a plurality of carbazole rings bind at the N-position. In the formula, a ring A is represented by formula (1b) or (1c), X represents NR, S, O, or CR2, and at least one Y represents N.

Abstract: To provide a modified vinylaromatic copolymer which can be used in production of copolymer rubber and which has reactivity and solubility, and a copolymer rubber material obtained therefrom, which simultaneously has processability, strength, and homogeneity. The modified vinylaromatic copolymer is a copolymer containing a structural unit (a) derived from a divinylaromatic compound and a structural unit (b) derived from a monovinylaromatic compound, wherein the structural unit (a) at least partially includes the following crosslinked structural unit (a1), and a terminal is modified by a modification group having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of an amino group, a hydroxyl group, and an alkoxysilyl group.

Abstract: To provide an epoxy resin composition that exhibits excellent low-dielectric properties and that is excellent in copper foil peel strength and interlayer cohesion strength in a printed-wiring board application, as well as an active ester resin that provides the epoxy resin composition. An active ester resin having a polyaryloxy unit containing a dicyclopentenyl group and represented by the following formula (1), and a polyarylcarbonyl unit. Here, R1 represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, R2 represents a hydrogen atom, or formula (1a) or formula (1b), and at least one R2 is formula (1a) or formula (1b); and n represents a number of repetitions of 1 to 5.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an Ag alloy bonding wire for a semiconductor device capable of extending the high-temperature life of a wire, reducing chip damage during ball bonding, and improving characteristics such as ball bonding strength in applications of on-vehicle memory devices. The Ag alloy bonding wire for a semiconductor device according to the present invention contains one or more of In and Ga for a total of 110 at ppm or more and less than 500 at ppm, and one or more of Pd and Pt for a total of 150 at ppm or more and less than 12,000 at ppm, and a balance being made up of Ag and unavoidable impurities.

Abstract: Provided is a resin composition that exhibits satisfactory impregnability into reinforcing fibers, while having rapid curability, and that is suitable for fiber-reinforced composite materials producing molded articles having high heat resistance. A two-pack resin composition for fiber-reinforced composite materials is configured of a base material including an epoxy resin (A) and a (meth)acrylate compound (B) having three or more (meth)acryloyl groups in a molecule, and a curing agent including an amine compound (C) represented by the following general formula (1), a mass ratio of the base material to the curing agent being within the range of from 85:15 to 65:35, Wherein the epoxy resin (A) includes 75% by mass to 100% by mass of a bisphenol A epoxy resin; the base material has a viscosity of 10,000 mPa·s or less; and the curing agent has a viscosity of 800 mPa·s or less. X—(CH2NH2)n (1) (In the formula, X represents an n-valent organic group having 1 to 16 carbon atom; and n represents 2 or 3).

Abstract: Provided is an organic EL device having high efficiency and high driving stability while being driven at a low voltage. The organic electroluminescent device includes one or more light-emitting layers between an anode and a cathode opposite to each other. At least one of the light-emitting layers contains a host material and a light-emitting dopant, and (i) a first host formed of an indolocarbazole compound having one or two indolocarbazole rings, and (ii) a second host formed of a carbazole compound having a plurality of carbazole rings and having a bond structure represented by the following general formula (3) are used as the host material.

Abstract: Task of the present invention is to provide a power-generating magnetostrictive element and a magnetostrictive power generation device equipped with the same, which are capable of achieving the same or a greater magnetostrictive power generation amount compared to conventional technology while employing materials lower in cost compared to conventional magnetostrictive materials. The task is achieved by providing a magnetostrictive element comprising a magnetostrictive part formed of an electromagnetic metal sheet. The present invention also provides a power-generating magnetostrictive element and a power-generating magnetostrictive element having high voltage with little variation. The task is achieved by providing a magnetostrictive element comprising a magnetostrictive part formed from a magnetostrictive material and a stress control part formed from an elastic material, the materials each having a Young's modulus and a sheet thickness simultaneously satisfying specific relationships.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device having high efficiency and high driving stability, and a material suitable for the organic electroluminescent device are provided. The material for organic electroluminescent devices comprises an indolocarbazole compound represented by a general formula (1). In the formula, the ring a is represented by a formula (1a), X is NR, S, O or CR2, and Ar1 and Ar2 are an aromatic heterocyclic group represented by a formula (1b). Y is N or CR, and at least one is N. L1 is an aromatic hydrocarbon group. The material for the organic electroluminescent devices is suitable as material for the host of the light emitting layer or the hole blocking layer of organic EL devices.

Abstract: Provided is a blue light emitting organic EL device having high emission efficiency and a long lifetime. An organic electroluminescent device comprising one or more light emitting layers between an anode and a cathode opposite to each other, wherein at least one of the light emitting layers contains an organic emission material having a difference between excited singlet energy (S1) and excited triplet energy (T1) (?EST) of 0.20 eV or less as a light emitting dopant, a first host selected from the compounds represented by the following general formula (1), and a second host selected from the compounds represented by the following general formula (2).

Abstract: To provide an organic electroluminescent device realizing high efficiency and low voltage characteristics. A light-emitting layer including compounds of (1) and (2) and a dopant is included. X represents N or CR3, wherein at least one X represents N. R1 represents (1b), R2 represents (1c), and R3 represents an alkyl group or the like. Y represents O, S, NR4, or CR5R6, R4 to R6 each represent an alkyl group or the like, and one of R7 to R14 binds to a ring in (1). * represents a binding position to a ring in (1), and rings C and D are each an aromatic ring fused to an adjacent ring. R15, R16 and R17 have the same meaning as R3 (a and b represent the number of substitutions). R19 has the same meaning as R4, and R20 to R27 each represent CR3, CR28 or N and at least one thereof represents CR28, and R28 represents formula (2b). Z represents O, S, NR37, or CR38R39, R37 to R39 each has the same meaning as R4, and one of R29 to R36 binds to a ring in (2) and the others represent CR3 or N.

Abstract: To provide an organic electroluminescent device having high efficiency and high driving stability while having a low driving voltage. The organic electroluminescent device has one or more light-emitting layers between an anode and a cathode opposed to each other, wherein at least one of the light-emitting layers is a light-emitting layer composed of a vapor deposition layer containing a first host, a second host and a light-emitting dopant material; the first host is selected from oligopyridine compounds represented by the general formula (1); and the second host is selected from carbazole compounds having two or more carbazole rings, indolocarbazole compounds having an indolocarbazole ring or compounds having a carbazole ring and an indolocarbazole ring.

Abstract: Disclosed is a polyurethane-modified epoxy resin composition capable of satisfying both high toughness and high elasticity. This epoxy resin composition is an epoxy resin composition, in which (A) a polyurethane-modified epoxy resin having a polycarbonate structure in the molecule and having a urethane modification rate of 20 to 60% by weight, (B) a non-polyurethane-modified epoxy resin that is liquid at 30° C., (C) a solid epoxy resin having a glass transition temperature or melting point of 50° C. or higher and (D) an amine-based curing agent that is dicyandiamide or a derivative thereof are as essential components, and 20.0 to 50.0% by weight of (A), 0.1 to 50.0% by weight of (B) and 0.1 to 50.0% by weight of (C) are contained relative to the total of (A) to (D).

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device having high efficiency and high driving stability, and a material suitable for the organic electroluminescent device are provided. The material for organic electroluminescent devices of the present invention is an oligopyridine compound represented by the following general formula (1), and the organic electroluminescent device of the present invention includes the oligopyridine compound advantageously in a light emitting layer or a hole blocking layer. In the formula, R and R? each are hydrogen, an aliphatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic hydrocarbon group, or an aromatic heterocyclic group; at least one of X is N; and a+b+c?3.

Abstract: Provided is a frame which is made of a fiber reinforced composite and has an increased bending strength by suppressing occurrence of buckling. The frame which is made of a fiber reinforced composite includes: a compressive wall part where a compressive stress occurs in a longitudinal direction of the frame when the frame receives a bending load in a normal direction perpendicularly intersecting the longitudinal direction; and a side wall part extending in the normal direction and defining one of corners with the compressive wall part. The compressive wall part includes a longitudinal alignment layer having reinforcement fibers aligned in the longitudinal direction. The side wall part has a surface section composed of a normal directional alignment layer having reinforcement fibers aligned in a direction different from the longitudinal direction, and serving as a differential alignment layer.

Abstract: Provided is a frame which is made of a fiber reinforced composite and where a bending strength and a vibration damping capability are compatible. The frame which is made of a fiber reinforced composite includes: a compressive wall part where a compressive stress occurs in a longitudinal direction of the frame when the frame receives a bending load in a normal direction perpendicularly intersecting the longitudinal direction; a side wall part extending in the normal direction and defining one of the corners with the compressive wall part; and a tension wall part which is away from the compressive wall part and extends in the longitudinal direction, and where a tensile stress occurs in the longitudinal direction when the frame receives the bending load. The tension wall part has a loss coefficient which is larger than a loss coefficient of the compressive wall part by 0.005 or more.

Abstract: Provided is a resin composition for a fiber-reinforced composite material that has low tackiness when turned into a prepreg, has satisfactory handleability, and can be suppressed in deformation at the time of its release from a mold in a PCM method. The resin composition is a resin composition for a fiber-reinforced composite material including, as essential components: a liquid epoxy resin (A); a novolac-type epoxy resin (B); a polymer component (C) having a molecular weight of 10,000 or more; dicyandiamide (D); and an imidazole-based curing aid (E), wherein the resin composition includes 10 parts by mass to 35 parts by mass of the liquid epoxy resin (A), and 10 parts by mass to 25 parts by mass of the polymer component (C) out of 100 parts by mass of the total of the components (A) to (E), and has a glass transition temperature of 0° C. or more before its curing.