Abstract: A salt represented by formula (1), an acid generator, a resin, and a resist composition including the same. wherein R1 to R3 each represent a hydroxy group, etc.; R4 to R9 each represent a halogen atom, etc.; R10 represents an acid-labile group; A1 to A3 each represent a hydrocarbon group; m1 represents an integer of 1 to 5, m2, m3, m8 and m9 represent an integer of 0 to 5, m4 to m7 represent an integer of 0 to 4, 1?m1+m7?5, 0?m2+m8?5, 0?m3+m9?5; Qb1 and Qb2 each represent a hydrogen atom, etc.; Lb1 represents a saturated hydrocarbon group; Yb1 represents a single bond or an alicyclic hydrocarbon group; Rbb1 represents a hydrogen atom, etc.; X10 represents a single bond, etc.; and L10 represents a single bond or a hydrocarbon group.

Abstract: The present invention provides a gel containing a water-absorbing crosslinked polymer, and a condensate of a reactive silicon compound having at least one selected from the group consisting of an acidic dissociative group, an acidic dissociative group in a salt form, and a derivative group of an acidic dissociative group.

Abstract: A method for machining a sputtering target that includes a sputtering surface, an opposing surface opposite to the sputtering surface, and an outer peripheral surface being between the sputtering surface and the opposing surface comprises the steps of: fixing the sputtering target on a fixing table by mounting the sputtering surface or the opposing surface of the sputtering target on the fixing table; and cutting the outer peripheral surface of the sputtering target by a cutting tool while rotating the cutting tool along a circumferential direction of the outer peripheral surface of the sputtering target.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention achieves a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery porous layer that has both favorable ion permeability and favorable heat resistance despite being thin. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery porous layer in accordance with an aspect of the present invention has a thickness of less than 8 ?m and an elastic modulus in a shear direction of not less than 16 GPa.

Abstract: A method of producing a film having excellent external quantum efficiency when used in a light emitting layer of a light emitting device is provided. A method of film production includes preparing an ink containing a specific metal complex, storing the ink for 3 days or more under light shielding, and forming a film by using the stored ink. The total content of metal complexes having a molecular weight larger by 16, 32 or 48 than that of the specific metal complex according to an area percentage value determined by liquid chromatography is 0.6 or less when the content of the specific metal complex is taken as 100.

Abstract: The present invention provides an excellent control method against plant diseases. A compound represented by formula (I) [wherein: Z represents a C1-C6 chain hydrocarbon group or the like; Q represents a group represented by Q1, a group represented by Q2, or a group represented by Q3 (wherein # represents the binding site to the phenyl group; and • represents the binding site to the sulfur atom); R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are identical to or different from each other, and each represent a C1-C6 chain hydrocarbon group or the like; R6, R7, R8, and R9 are identical to or different from each other, and each represent a hydrogen atom or the like; and n represents 0, 1, or 2] can be used for controlling plant diseases.

Abstract: Provided is a novel semiconductor material. A compound represented by the following formula (I): A1-B1-A1 (I) (In the formula (I), A1 represents an electron-withdrawing group, B1 is a divalent group including two or more constituent units that are linked by a single bond to constitute a ?-conjugated system, at least one of the two or more constituent units is a first constituent unit represented by the following formula (II), and the remaining second constituent unit other than the first constituent unit is a divalent group including an unsaturated bond, an arylene group, or a heteroarylene group.) (In the formula (II), Ar1, Ar2, Y, and R are as defined in the specification.).

Abstract: Provided are a bacterium having a 16S rRNA gene that contains a nucleotide sequence with 98.80% or more identity to the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID No: 1 and having the ability to assimilate mannitol and the ability to control a plant disease and a bacterium with Accession Number of NITE BP-03197, NITE BP-03198, NITE BP-03199, NITE BP-03200, NITE BP-03201, or NITE BP-03202, and a control agent against a plant disease caused by Ralstonia solanacearum or Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum, containing bacterial cells or a cell culture product of the bacterium, or an extract thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula (I), which compound is useful for improving the abrasion resistance of a vulcanized rubber composition (the symbols in the following formula are as defined in the description).

Abstract: Provided is a fiber-reinforced polypropylene composition having a light weight and improved mechanical strength. A carbon fiber-containing polypropylene composition contains a predetermined amount of each of polypropylene (component 1), carbon fiber (component 2), and modified polypropylene (component 3), wherein the component 2 contains a predetermined amount of each of a C—O bond, a C?O bond, an O—C?O bond, a C—C bond, and a C—N bond.

Abstract: The present invention provides an effective production method for a pyridone compound. More specifically, the present invention provides a production method comprising: a step of reacting the compound represented by formula (1) (in the formula, X1 and X2 each independently represent a halogen atom, R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an amino group, or a group represented by NHCOR2, and R2 represents a C1-C5 alkyl group) with 4 to 10 times by mass, with respect to the compound represented by formula (1), of the compound represented by formula (2) (in the formula, R2 represents the same as described previously), in the presence of at least one of a tri(C1-C8 alkyl)amine and an alkali metal acetate, at a temperature of 100° C.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator which has a low shutdown temperature, a high mechanical strength, and a high ion permeability is provided. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator contains a polyolefin-based resin as a main component. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator has a maximum heating value of not less than 30 mW/g observed during isothermal crystallization of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator at 128° C.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for controlling weeds comprising a step of treating a cultivation area of crops with ethyl [3-[2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-(1-methyl-6-trifluoromethyl-2,4-dioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidine-3-yl)phenoxy]-2-pyridyloxy]acetate or flumioxazin before, simultaneously with, and/or after sowing crop seeds, which has an excellent efficacy for controlling weeds in a cultivation area of crops. The present invention also provides the above-mentioned method wherein the crops are the transgenic plant body or seeds that are tolerant to the protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) inhibitors; and further provides the above-mentioned method wherein the crops are the transgenic plant body or seeds having any one of a polypeptide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID Nos. 1-32 described in the Description or a polypeptide sequence having at least 85% sequence identity to any one of SEQ ID Nos. 1-32.

Abstract: A gas separation membrane selectively permeable to a specific gas component includes a first porous layer, and a separation function layer provided on a first surface of the first porous layer. The separation function layer contains a hydrophilic resin. The first surface has a wetting tension of greater than or equal to 38 mN/m and less than or equal to 52 mN/m.

Abstract: Heat resistance is improved. A photoelectric conversion element 10 includes an anode 12, a cathode 16, and an active layer 14 provided between the anode and the cathode, in which the active layer contains at least one p-type semiconductor material and at least two n-type semiconductor materials, and a dispersive energy Hansen solubility parameter ?D(P) of the at least one p-type semiconductor material and a first dispersive energy Hansen solubility parameter ?D(Ni) and a second dispersive energy Hansen solubility parameter ?D(Nii) of the at least two n-type semiconductor materials satisfy the following requirements (i) and (ii): 2.1 MPa0.5<|?D(P)??D(Ni)|+|?D(Ni)??D(Nii)|<4.0 MPa0.5??Requirement (i): 0.8 MPa0.5<|?D(P)??D(Ni)| and 0.2 MPa0.

Abstract: A propylene resin composition comprising: 100 parts by mass of a heterophasic propylene polymer material (A) comprising a propylene polymer (I) and an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer (II); 0.1 to 5 parts by mass of an organo-modified siloxane compound (B) having a weight-average molecular weight of 10,000 to 90,000; and 0.001 parts by mass to 5 parts by mass of a colorant (C). The propylene polymer (I) is a propylene homopolymer (I-1) or a propylene copolymer (I-2). The propylene copolymer (I-2): a copolymer comprising a structural unit derived from propylene and a structural unit derived from at least one olefin selected from the group consisting of ethylene and ?-olefins having 4 to 12 carbon atoms, where an amount of the structural unit derived from at least one olefin selected from the group consisting of ethylene and ?-olefins having 4 to 12 carbon atoms is 0.05 mass % or more and less than 10 mass %.

Abstract: A resin composition including a thermoplastic resin, glass balloons, and silica particles, wherein a ratio of a content of the glass balloons is 10% by mass or more and 30% by mass or less when a total content of the thermoplastic resin and the glass balloons is 100% by mass, and a ratio of a content of the silica particles is 0.02 parts by mass or more and 5 parts by mass or less when the total content of the thermoplastic resin and the glass balloons is 100 parts by mass.

Abstract: A method for producing molded foam articles that molds molded foam articles continuously, the method comprising continuously repeating the following step 1, step 2, step 3 and step 4 in this order; wherein step 1 comprises melting a resin composition that includes a liquid crystal polyester; step 2 comprises introducing, with an introduction device, a supercritical fluid that is unreactive, in a supercritical state, with the liquid crystal polyester, and is a gas at normal temperature and normal pressure, into the resin composition in an amount of at least 0.1 parts by mass but not more than 0.

Abstract: There is provided a structure manufacturing method, including: preparing a wafer at least whose surface comprises Group III nitride crystal in a state of being immersed in an etching solution containing peroxodisulfate ions; and irradiating the surface of the wafer with light through the etching solution; wherein the group III nitride crystal has a composition in which a wavelength corresponding to a band gap is 310 nm or more, and during irradiation of the light, the surface of the wafer is irradiated with a first light having a wavelength of 200 nm or more and less than 310 nm under a first irradiation condition, and is irradiated with a second light having a wavelength of 310 nm or more and less than a wavelength corresponding to the band gap under a second irradiation condition controlled independently of the first irradiation condition.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a curable composition comprising a fluorescent particle containing a perovskite compound, wherein a decrease in the quantum yield of a film formed by curing the curable composition due to heat can be suppressed; a film formed by curing the curable composition; and a laminated body and a display apparatus comprising the film. Provided are a curable composition comprising a fluorescent particle (A) containing a perovskite compound, a photopolymerizable compound (B), a photopolymerization initiator (C), and an antioxidant (D); a film formed by curing the curable composition; and a laminated body and a display apparatus comprising the film.