Abstract: Provided is a pretreatment liquid for aqueous pigment inkjet printing which excels in adhesion to non-permeable substrates such as film substrates and which can provide printed material having good printed image quality with little mixed color bleeding and color unevenness. Also provided is an ink set including the pretreatment liquid and an aqueous pigment inkjet ink. The pretreatment liquid for aqueous pigment inkjet ink printing comprises polyolefin resin particles (A), a flocculant (B), and water. The softening temperature of the polyolefin resin particles (A) is from 50 to 100° C., and the flocculant (B) contains at least one type of substance selected from metal salts and cationic polymer compounds.

Abstract: Provided are: a dispersant which has good dispersibility and reduces electronic resistance; and a battery having excellent characteristics, which uses this dispersant and is decreased in the ionic resistance and the reaction resistance. A dispersant contains a triazine derivative represented by general formula (1), and an amine or an inorganic base (in general formula (1), R1 is as defined in the description).

Abstract: One embodiment relates to a water-based inkjet ink containing at least water, a pigment, a water-soluble organic solvent and a binder resin, wherein the water-soluble organic solvent contains at least a water-soluble organic solvent having a surface tension of 30 to 50 mN/m and a boiling point at 1 atmosphere of 180 to 230° C., in an amount of 15 to 50% by weight relative to the total weight of the water-based inkjet ink, and the acid value of the binder resin is at least 5 mgKOH/g but less than 60 mgKOH/g.

Abstract: A conductive material dispersion containing a conductive material containing carbon fibers, a dispersant, and an amide-based organic solvent, in which the dispersant contains a copolymer A containing a nitrile group-containing structural unit and satisfies following conditions. (I) A pH of the conductive material dispersion is 9.0 or greater. (II) A phase angle of the conductive material dispersion at a frequency of 1 Hz obtained by dynamic viscoelasticity measurement is 19° or greater, and a complex elastic modulus of the conductive material dispersion obtained by dynamic viscoelasticity measurement is less than 20 Pa.

Abstract: A new thermostable luciferase of the following mutant luciferase (a) or (b): (a) a mutant of a wild-type luciferase comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein phenylalanine at position 292 and/or phenylalanine at position 294 in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 is substituted with another amino acid; or (b) a mutant of a luciferase having 93% or more homology with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein in the amino acid sequence of the mutant, the amino acid at a site corresponding to position 292 and/or position 294 in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 is substituted with another amino acid.

Abstract: An active energy ray-curable inkjet ink containing polymerizable compounds and a polymerization initiator, wherein the polymerizable compounds include at least 5 types of polyfunctional polymerizable compounds having molecular weights within a range from 150 to 500, and include substantially no monofunctional polymerizable compounds.

Abstract: A purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a coated colorant and a coloring composition that have superior dispersion stability, high compatibility with binder resins, low viscosity after being made into an ink, good preservation stability, and a good film gloss value. Provided is a coated colorant in which a surface of a colorant is coated with a resin (P), the resin (P) contains a colorant adsorption group-containing monomer unit, a maleic acid (anhydride) unit, and a (meth)aryl monomer unit, and the colorant adsorption group-containing monomer unit contains at least one of an ?-olefin unit and a ring-containing monomer unit.

Abstract: An electrode membrane having high adhesiveness and electrical conductivity can be produced using carbon nanotubes each of which meets the following requirements (1) and (2). (1) A peak appears at a diffraction angle 2?=25°±2° in powder X-ray diffraction analysis, and the half value width of the peak is 2° or more and less than 3°. (2) The G/D ratio is 1.5 to 5.0, wherein G represents the maximum peak intensity in the range from 1560 to 1600 cm?1 and D represents the maximum peak intensity in the range from 1310 to 1350 cm?1 in Raman spectra.

Abstract: One embodiment relates to a water-based inkjet yellow ink containing a yellow pigment (A) having a specific partial structure, an organic solvent, a basic organic compound, and water, wherein an amount of the yellow pigment (A) is 1 to 10% by mass of a total mass of the water-based inkjet yellow ink, the basic organic compound contains 0.1 to 1.25% by mass of a basic organic compound (B) having a pKa value of 9.5 or less at 25° C. of the total mass of the water-based inkjet yellow ink, and an amount of an organic solvent having a boiling point of 240° C. or higher under 1 atmosphere is 5% by mass or less of the total mass of the water-based inkjet yellow ink.

Abstract: Processability of a paint film is improved and a water-soluble paint in which coloring during heating to a high temperature is minimized and which has excellent productivity and a coated can having a paint film of such a water-soluble paint are provided. A water-soluble paint including a polymer emulsion (C) and a phenolic resin (D) is provided; wherein the polymer emulsion (C) includes a shell part containing an acrylic polymer (A) having a carboxyl group and a core part containing an acrylic polymer (B) having an amide group, wherein the phenolic resin (D) includes a bifunctional phenolic resin (D2) based on a bifunctional phenol and a trifunctional phenolic resin (D3) based on a trifunctional phenol, and a mass ratio ((D2)/(D3)) between the bifunctional phenolic resin (D2) and the trifunctional phenolic resin (D3) is 95/5 to 40/60.

Abstract: An ultraviolet-ray absorbing polymer containing a monomer unit represented by general formula (12) below and a monomer unit derived from a monomer represented by general formula (1) below. In general formula (12), R6 represents any one selected from a group consisting of a hydrogen atom and a methyl group, U represents a hydrocarbon group, and the hydrocarbon group includes a skeleton absorbing ultraviolet rays and optionally contains a heteroatom. In general formula (1), R16 represents any one selected from a group consisting of a hydrogen atom and a methyl group, and Z represents any one selected from a group consisting of a chain hydrocarbon group having 10 or more carbon atoms and a polycyclic hydrocarbon group having 10 or more carbon atoms.

Abstract: An electromagnetic-wave shielding sheet is an electromagnetic-wave shielding sheet used to form an electronic component-mounted substrate, the electronic component-mounted substrate including an electromagnetic-wave shielding layer covering at least a part of a step part and an exposed surface of a substrate, in which the electromagnetic-wave shielding sheet is a laminate including a cushion layer and a conductive layer, the conductive layer is an isotropic conductive layer containing a binder resin and a conductive filler, a thickness of the conductive layer is 8 to 70 ?m, and a content of the conductive filler in a region on a side opposite to a cushion layer side in the conductive layer is larger than that in a region on the cushion layer side in the conductive layer.

Abstract: An adhesive composition that exhibits excellent adhesive performance such as curved surface adhesiveness to low-polarity adherends and constant load peeling properties in high-temperature environments, and also an adhesive sheet and a method for producing the same.

Abstract: A video signal conversion device includes an RGB converter. The RGB converter converts gradation values of an input R signal, an input G signal, and an input B signal of three primary colors based on a conversion table or conversion formula to generate an output R signal, an output G signal, and an output B signal. The RGB converter, when it is designated, by a cataract degree designating signal that designates a degree of cataract including a degree of light scattering, that it is a cataract with light scattering, decreases the gradation values of the input R signal, the input G signal, and the input B signal, in a range from the minimum gradation value to a predetermined intermediate gradation value less than the maximum gradation value, with a linear characteristic of not converting gradation values as a reference.

Abstract: An electromagnetic-wave shielding sheet is an electromagnetic-wave shielding sheet used to form an electronic component-mounted substrate, the electronic component-mounted substrate including an electromagnetic-wave shielding layer covering at least a part of a step part and an exposed surface of a substrate, in which the electromagnetic-wave shielding sheet is a laminate including a cushion layer and a conductive layer, the conductive layer is an isotropic conductive layer containing a binder resin and a conductive filler, a thickness of the conductive layer is 8 to 70 ?m, and a content of the conductive filler in a region on a side opposite to a cushion layer side in the conductive layer is larger than that in a region on the cushion layer side in the conductive layer.

Abstract: A fabric-like material for reinforcement in an urethane foam molding is obtained by impregnating a part of a surface of a nonwoven fabric of organic fibers with a hot melt magnetic material and immobilizing the hot melt magnetic material. The hot melt magnetic material satisfies compositions described below and has a softening point of 70 to 100° C. Ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (A): 10 to 95% by mass. Wax (B): 0 to 30% by mass. Magnetic powder (C): 5 to 70% by mass. (The total of (A), (B) and (C) is 100% by mass.).

Abstract: An electromagnetic wave shielding sheet according to the present embodiments is an electromagnetic wave shielding sheet for forming an electromagnetic wave shielding layer used for a component-mounting substrate including a substrate, an electronic component and an electromagnetic wave shielding layer, in which the electromagnetic wave shielding sheet includes at least one of a conductive layer before thermal pressing of the electromagnetic wave reflection layer and a conductive layer before thermal pressing of the electromagnetic wave absorption layer, the conductive layer before thermal pressing of the electromagnetic wave reflection layer includes a binder resin and a conductive filler, and the conductive layer before thermal pressing of the electromagnetic wave absorption layer includes a binder resin and an electromagnetic wave absorption filler. The Young's modulus of the conductive layer at 23° C. is set to 10 to 700 MPa.

Abstract: An embodiment of relates to a magenta ink for an inkjet containing two or more pigments, a water-soluble organic solvent (A), a surfactant and water, wherein the two or more pigments contain an azo pigment, an amount of the azo pigment is from 0.5 to 8% by mass of a total mass of the magenta ink and from 35 to 100% by mass of a total mass of the pigments, the solvent (A) contains a specific diol-based solvent (A-1) in a molar amount of from 5 to 250 times a molar amount of the azo pigment, a molar amount of a specific diol-based solvent (A-2) in the solvent (A) is 0.1 times or less the molar amount of the solvent (A-1), and an amount of a cyclic amide-based solvent in the solvent (A) is not more than 4.5% by mass of the total mass of the magenta ink.

Abstract: A video signal conversion device includes an RGB converter. The RGB converter converts gradation values of an input R signal, an input G signal, and an input B signal of three primary colors based on a conversion table or conversion formula to generate an output R signal, an output G signal, and an output B signal. The RGB converter, when it is designated, by a cataract degree designating signal that designates a degree of cataract including a degree of light scattering, that it is a cataract with light scattering, decreases the gradation values of the input R signal, the input G signal, and the input B signal, in a range from the minimum gradation value to a predetermined intermediate gradation value less than the maximum gradation value, with a linear characteristic of not converting gradation values as a reference.

Abstract: A carbon nanotube dispersion including a carbon nanotube, a solvent, and a dispersant. A highly conductive electrode membrane can be produced as a result of the carbon nanotube using a carbon nanotube dispersion satisfying (1), (2), and (3). (1) An average outer diameter is more than 3 nm and less than 10 nm. (2) A peak is present in a powder X-ray diffraction analysis at a diffraction angle of 2?=25°±2°, and a half value width of the peak is 3° to 6°. (3) When a maximum peak intensity within the range of 1,560 to 1,600 cm?1 in a Raman spectrum is G and a maximum peak intensity within the range of 1,310 to 1,350 cm?1 is D, a G/D ratio is 0.5 to 4.5.