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: 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: 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 composition including a binder and a variable thermal conductivity material satisfying a conditional expression 1, wherein a content of the variable thermal conductivity material is from 300 parts by weight to 10,000 parts by weight with respect to a content of 100 parts by weight of the binder: ?max/?25?1.2??[conditional expression 1] (wherein, ?25 represents a thermal conductivity at 25° C., and ?max represents the maximum value of a thermal conductivity at 200° C. or 500° C.).

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.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for controlling a soybean rust fungus having an amino acid substitution of F129L on mitochondrial cytochrome b protein, by applying a compound represented by formula (I) [wherein Q represents a group represented by the following Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4 or Q5 (in the formulae, • represents a binding site to benzene ring); X represents an oxygen atom or NH; L represents CH2, an oxygen atom or NCH3; E represents a C6-C10 aryl group, etc.; R1 represents a C1-C3 chain hydrocarbon group or a cyclopropyl group, etc.; R2 represents a C1-C3 chain hydrocarbon group or a cyclopropyl group, etc.; R3 represents a C1-C3 alkoxy group or a C1-C3 chain hydrocarbon group, etc.; and n is 0, 1, 2, or 3] or its N oxide or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: A feed for livestock is provided that shows excellent weight gain and improved feed efficiency. A feed additive composition and a feed for livestock comprising abscisic acid and/or a salt thereof and glutamic acid; a method of feeding livestock, a method of improving the weight gain of livestock, and a method of increasing the feed efficiency in livestock, comprising letting livestock to take said feed; and a use of the feed for livestock for improving the weight gain of livestock, and a use of the feed for increasing the feed efficiency in livestock.

Abstract: The present invention provides an efficient process for preparing a nucleic acid oligomer, in particular, a process for deprotecting efficiently a protecting group of hydroxy group of a ribose in a nucleic acid oligomer. Specifically, the present invention also provides a process for preparing a nucleic acid oligomer represented by formula (4), which comprises contacting a nucleic acid oligomer represented by formula (3) with a fluoride ion under an atmosphere of an inert gas or inert gases containing 15% or less of oxygen concentration (wherein the definitions of each groups described in formula (3) and formula (4) are the same as defined in the Description).

Abstract: Provided is a pesticidal composition comprising a compound represented by the formula (I), a herbicidal active salt, an organic solvent having a water solubility at 25° C. of 10 mass % or less, a surfactant and water, wherein a weight ratio between the compound represented by the formula (I) and the surfactant is 1:10 or more and 1:50 or less.

Abstract: A salt represented by formula (I) and a resist composition including the salt are described. wherein, in formula (I), Q1 and Q2 each independently represent a fluorine atom or the like, R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or the like, Z represents an integer of 0 to 6, X1 represents *—CO—O—, *—O—CO—, *—O—CO—O— or *—O—, L1 represents a single bond or an alkanediyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, A1 represents a divalent cyclic hydrocarbon group having 3 to 36 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, L2 represents a single bond, a carbonyl group or an alkanediyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, A2 represents a divalent saturated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, R3, R4 and R5 each independently represent a saturated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and Z+ represents an organic cation.

Abstract: Provided are a lithium composite metal compound having excellent cycle characteristics in the case of being used as battery materials, a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery using the same, a positive electrode using the same, and a lithium secondary battery using the same. The lithium composite metal compound is represented by Composition Formula (I), in which physical property values of pores that are obtained from measurement of nitrogen adsorption and desorption isotherms at a liquid nitrogen temperature satisfy requirements (1) and (2).

Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a nitride semiconductor laminate in which a thin film is homoepitaxially grown on a substrate comprising group III nitride semiconductor crystals, the method including: homoepitaxially growing a thin film on a substrate, using the substrate in which a dislocation density on its main surface is 5×106 pieces/cm2 or less, a concentration of oxygen therein is less than 1×1017 at·cm?3, and a concentration of impurities therein other than n-type impurity is less than 1×1017 at ·cm?3; and inspecting a film quality of the thin film formed on the substrate, wherein in the inspection of the film quality, the film quality of the thin film is inspected by detecting a deviation of an amount of reflected light at a predetermined wavenumber determined in a range of 1,600 cm?1 or more and 1,700 cm?1 or less in a reflection spectrum obtained by irradiating the thin film on the substrate with infrared light, from an amount of reflected light at the predetermined wavenumber determined ac

Abstract: A method for producing a phosphor having a core-shell structure that includes: a core part formed of a crystal phase of an inorganic compound containing a metal element M constituting a luminescent center ion and aluminum; and a shell part containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of boron and silicon and formed on at least a portion of a surface of the core part, the method including: mixing a raw material of the crystal phase and a raw material of the shell part; and heating the obtained mixture at a temperature at which the raw material of the shell part is liquefied, but a host crystal of a phosphor to be obtained is maintained, in which the raw material of the crystal phase contains a raw material compound having D50 in a particle diameter distribution of 0.2 to 90 ?m and containing aluminum.

Abstract: A liquid crystal polyester composition is provided, containing a liquid crystal polyester and a plate-like inorganic filler, in which a ratio (D50/D50*) of median diameters of the plate-like inorganic filler is 3.0 to 6.0. The D50 is a median diameter of the plate-like inorganic filler measured by a laser diffraction method. The D50* is a median diameter of the plate-like inorganic filler measured by a centrifugal sedimentation method.

Abstract: A herbicidal composition including ethyl [3-[2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-(1-methyl-6-trifluoromethyl-2,4-dioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidin-3-yl)phenoxy]-2-pyridyloxylacetate and a herbicide selected from the group consisting of bicyclopyrone, mesotrione, tembotrione, isoxaflutole, pyrasulfotole, topramezone, and tolpyralate. A weight ratio of ethyl [3-[2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-(1-methyl-6-trifluoromethyl-2,4-dioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidin-3-yl)phenoxy]-2-pyridyloxylacetate to the herbicide is from 1:1 to 1:42.

Abstract: There is provided a piezoelectric stack including: a substrate (1); a bottom electrode film (2) on the substrate; a piezoelectric film (3) on the bottom electrode film, having a planar area smaller than a planar area of the bottom electrode film; a top electrode film (4) on the piezoelectric film; and an insulating film (5) provided from the top electrode film to the bottom electrode film and covering at least a part of a side surface of the piezoelectric film, wherein the insulating film has a slope (9a) filling a step between a top surface of the top electrode film and a top surface of the bottom electrode film, and the slope has a shape alleviating the step.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a lithium hydroxide powder includes a pulverizing step of pulverizing coarse particles of lithium hydroxide to obtain lithium hydroxide powder; and a carbonation-suppressing step of storing the lithium hydroxide powder in an airtight container in an atmosphere satisfying requirements (1) and (2). (1) A partial pressure of carbon dioxide gas is 100 Pa or less with respect to a total amount of gas present in the airtight container. (2) A relative humidity in the airtight container is 60% or less.

Abstract: A method for drying polyolefin-containing particles includes a drying step of supplying polyolefin-containing particles to a drying container, supplying a drying gas to the drying container, and drying the polyolefin-containing particles in the drying container. In the drying step, a numerical value determined by the following formula (a) is 441 or more and 600 or less. 38.0×[?]CXIS[dL/g]?0.500×CXIS content[% by mass]+1.20×particle temperature during drying[K]+3.

Abstract: An aromatic polysulfone resin produced by the polycondensation of 4,4?-dihydroxydiphenylsulfone represented by chemical formula (S1) shown below and 2-(4-(4-hydroxyphenylsuIfonyl)phenoxy)-5-(4-hydroxyphenylsulfonyl)phenol represented by chemical formula (S2) shown below with 4,4?-dichlorodiphenylsulfone represented by chemical formula (S3) shown below. wherein hydrogen atoms in phenylene groups in formula (S1), formula (S2) and formula (S3) may be each independently substituted with an alkyl group, an aryl group or a halogen atom.

Abstract: A compound represented by the following formula (A) has excellent control efficacy against weeds, and shows high safety against useful plants.