Abstract: A cured film of a curable composition containing a light scattering agent and a method enabling the production of the cured film. A cured film containing a light scattering agent (A) and a photopolymerizable compound (B), in which the cured film has a Martens hardness of 0.10 GPa or more, and a method for producing the curable composition containing a light scattering agent (A) and a photopolymerizable compound (B), the method including an exposure step of irradiating a film of the curable composition with light and a thermal curing step of thermally curing the film of the curable composition, in which, when a light exposure in the exposure step is indicated by X (mJ/cm2), a thermal curing temperature in the thermal curing step is indicated by Y (° C.), and a thermal curing time is indicated by Z (hr), a formula (1): X×Y×Z2?3000 is satisfied.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a phosphorous ester compound represented by the formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 5 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkylcycloalkyl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, an aralkyl group having 7 to 12 carbon atoms, or an aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, a stabilizer for an organic material comprising the phosphorous ester compound, a method for stabilizing an organic material in which the phosphorous ester compound is added to an organic material, and a stabilized organic material composition comprising an organic material and a phosphorous ester compound.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an alumina used for a slurry for reducing unevenness in a surface of a porous membrane. The present invention is an ?-alumina wherein a crystallite size obtained by a Rietveld analysis is not greater than 95 nm, and a lattice strain obtained by the Rietveld analysis is not greater than 0.0020. A BET specific surface area by a nitrogen adsorption method of the ?-alumina is preferably not greater than 10 m2/g. A particle diameter D50 equivalent to 50% cumulative percentage by volume of the ?-alumina is also preferably not greater than 2 ?m.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a colored photosensitive resin composition capable of forming a color filter having a higher brightness than that of the color filter formed from the conventionally known colored photosensitive resin composition. The colored photosensitive resin composition according to the present invention comprises a colorant, a resin, a polymerizable compound, and a polymerization initiator, the colorant comprising a compound represented by formula (1) and an ?-type and/or ?-type copper phthalocyanine pigment, wherein Mr+ represents an r-valent metal ion; k represents the sum of the number of —SO3? and the number of —SO2—N?—SO2—Rf in the compound represented by formula (1); r represents an integer of 1 or more; Rf represents a fluoroalkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms; and the compound represented by formula (1) has at least one —SO3? or —SO2—N?—SO2—Rf.

Abstract: A lithium metal composite oxide powder including: secondary particles that are aggregates of primary particles, and single particles that are present independently of the secondary particles, wherein the lithium metal composite oxide is represented by composition formula (I), and the single particles have an average crushing strength exceeding 80 MPa: Li[Lix(Ni(1-y-z-w)CoyMnzMw)1-x]O2??(I) wherein M is one or more metal elements selected from the group consisting of Fe, Cu, Ti, Mg, Al, W, B, Mo, Nb, Zn, Sn, Zr, Ga, La and V, ?0.1?x?0.2, 0?y?0.4, 0?z?0.4, and 0?w?0.1.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing method and the like which are capable of appropriately estimating a state of a magnetic tube. In the information processing method, a computer executes processing of acquiring measurement data obtained by measuring magnetic characteristic values of a magnetic tube, and processing of estimating wall thickness information by inputting the acquired measurement data to a model trained for estimating the wall thickness information relating to the wall thickness of the magnetic tube in a case where the measurement data is input.

Abstract: Disclosed is a light-emitting composition with a perovskite compound and a halogen-containing compound.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for controlling a harmful arthropod or a harmful nematode. A compound represented by formula (I) [wherein: R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and R2 and R3 each represent a hydrogen atom, or R2 and R3 are combined with each other to represent an oxo group] or an N-oxide thereof or a salt thereof can be used for controlling a harmful arthropod or a harmful nematode.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel method for producing a structure comprising an assembly of metal-based particles. Provided is a method for producing a layered product, the layered product comprising a substrate having a three-dimensional surface; and a metal-based particle assembly layer arranged on the three-dimensional surface and comprising a plurality of metal-based particles arranged apart from each other, the method comprising the step of forming the metal-based particle assembly layer on the three-dimensional surface by immersing the substrate in a plating solution containing a cation of a metal constituting the metal-based particles to reduce the cation, wherein a VS/VL ratio of volume VS [cm3] of the substrate to volume VL [cm3] of the plating solution is 0.03 or less.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel structure that can be used for a sensor element or the like and is useful as an enhancing element to enhance the emission of a luminescent substance. Provided is a composite particle comprising a core particle, and a metal-based particle assembly layer arranged on at least a portion of a surface of the core particle, wherein the metal-based particle assembly layer comprises a plurality of metal-based particles arranged apart from each other.

Abstract: A composition contains a compound of formula (1), and a polymerizable liquid crystal compound or a liquid crystalline polymer compound. n represents 1 or 2; Ar1, Ar2, and Ar3 each represent a 1,4-phenylene group or a divalent sulfur-containing aromatic heterocyclic group; At least one of Ar1 and Ar2 has a fluorine atom; R1 represents a single bond or a group selected from —OC(?O)—, —C(?O)O—, —C?C—, —CH?CH—, —CH?N—, —N?N—, and —N?CH—; R2 represents an alkylamino group or an alkoxy group; R3 represents a group selected from an alkanediyl group, an alkanediyloxy group, an alkanediyloxycarbonyl group, and an alkanediylcarbonyloxy group; and R4 represents a polymerizable group or a hydrogen atom.

Abstract: Disclosed is boehmite having a ratio of a micropore volume to a mesopore volume of 0.50 or more and a loose bulk density of 0.30 g/mL or more. The loose bulk density is preferably 0.70 g/mL or more.

Abstract: Disclosed are a salt represented by formula (I), an acid generator, a resin, and a resist composition: wherein Q1, Q2, R1 and R2 each represent a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, etc., z represents an integer of 0 to 6, X1 represents *—CO—O—, *—O—CO—, *—O—CO—O—, etc., L1 represents a single bond, or a hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent, Ar represents aromatic hydrocarbon group having an iodine atom, R3 and R4 each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a hydrocarbon group, R5 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or an alkyl group which may have a halogen atom, and ZI+ represents an organic cation.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a feed additive composition and a feed for livestock; a method of breeding livestock or improving the weight gain of livestock, comprising letting livestock to take said feed for livestock; and a use of the feed for livestock for improving the weight gain of livestock.

Abstract: A laminate including a horizontally oriented liquid crystal cured film that is a cured material of a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing at least one type of polymerizable liquid crystal compound, and a vertically oriented liquid crystal cured film is provided. The horizontally oriented liquid crystal cured film is the cured material of the polymerizable liquid crystal composition in which the polymerizable liquid crystal compound is cured in a state of being horizontally oriented with respect to a plane of the liquid crystal cured film, and satisfies the following formulae: nxA(450)>nyA(450)>nzA(450) and ReA(450)/ReA(550)<1.00.

Abstract: There is provided a nitride semiconductor substrate having a diameter of 2 inches or more and having a main surface whose closest low index crystal plane is a (0001) plane, wherein X-ray locking curve measurement for (0002) plane diffraction, which is performed to the main surface by irradiating with (Cu) K?1 X-rays through a two-crystal monochromator of Ge (220) plane and a slit, reveals that full width at half maximum FWHMb is 32 arcsec or less, and FWHMa?FWHMb obtained by subtracting FWHMb from FWHMa is 30% or less of FWHMa, wherein FWHMa is full width at half maximum of the (0002) plane diffraction when a slit width in ? direction is 1 mm, and FWHMb is full width at half maximum of the (0002) plane diffraction when a slit width in ? direction is 0.1 mm.

Abstract: A phosphor including a crystal phase of an aluminate compound containing a metal element M constituting a luminescent center ion and aluminum, in which the crystal phase contains crystallites, and an average size of the crystallites is 2 to 100 ?m.

Abstract: An organic photodetector including an electron blocking layer, where the electron blocking layer prevents and/or reduces dark current by preventing electrons traveling from the organic photodetector's anode to the organic photodetector's photoactive layer during dark, photon-less conditions. The electron blocking layer is formed from a compound having the formula: [M]a+[X]a— (General Formula (I)) where: M is a metal; X is CN, SCN, Se CN or TeCN; and a is at least 1.

Abstract: A nitride semiconductor substrate including a group III nitride semiconductor crystal and having a main surface, wherein a low index crystal plane is (0001) plane curved in a concave spherical shape to the main surface, and the off-angle (?m, ?a) at a position (x, y) in the main surface approximated by x representing a coordinate in a direction along <1-100> axis, y is a coordinate in a direction along <11-20> axis, (0, 0) represents a coordinate (x, y) of the center, ?m represents a direction component along <1-100> axis in an off-angle of <0001> axis with respect to a normal, ?a represents a direction component along <11-20> axis in the off-angle, (M1, A1) represents a rate of change in the off-angle (?m, ?a) with respect to the position (x, y) in the main surface, and (M2, A2) represents the off-angle (?m, ?a) at the center.

Abstract: A lithium metal composite oxide powder, which comprises primary particles and secondary particles that are aggregates of the primary particles, and has an ?-NaFeO2 type crystal structure, wherein a half width (A) of a diffraction peak in a range of 2?=18.7±1° in a powder X-ray diffraction measurement for the lithium metal composite oxide powder using CuK? ray is 0.135° or more and 0.165° or less, and a c-axis lattice constant of the ?-NaFeO2 type crystal structure is 14.178 ? or more and 14.235 ? or less.