Abstract: Provided is the following: a resin substrate layer; a thin-film transistor layer provided on the resin substrate layer, and having a stack of, in sequence, a gate insulating film, an interlayer insulating film, and a flattening film; and a light-emitting element layer provided on the thin-film transistor layer, with a plurality of first electrodes, a common edge cover that is common, a plurality of light-emitting function layers, and a second electrode that is common being stacked sequentially in correspondence with a plurality of subpixels constituting a display region. A non-display region that is in the form of an island within the display region has a through-hole. The non-display region includes a first light-blocking film provided on the periphery of the flattening film so as to cover the side wall of the periphery.

Abstract: Provided is a non-woven fabric which is suitable for cleaning wipers, diapers, food packaging materials, etc., and has excellent water absorption and handling performance. The non-woven fabric according to the present invention contains a thermoplastic biodegradable resin, and is characterized in that fibers constituting the non-woven fabric have crimps, the flexural rigidity index in the mechanical direction (MD) of the non-woven fabric is 7.77-37.4 as defined by the following equation: flexural rigidity index in the mechanical direction (MD)=flexural rigidity (gf·cm) in the mechanical direction (MD)/{basis weight(g/m2)}2.5×106, and the bulk density of the non-woven fabric is 0.098 g/cm3 to 0.251 g/cm3.

Abstract: A display device, includes: a base substrate layer; a thin-film transistor layer provided on the base substrate layer, and including a plurality of subpixels forming a display region, each of the subpixels being provided with a thin-film transistor on which a planarization film is stacked; and a light-emitting element layer provided on the thin-film transistor layer, and including a plurality of first electrodes, a common edge cover, a plurality of light-emitting functional layers, and a common second electrode, all of which are sequentially stacked on top of another in association with the plurality of subpixels, wherein each of the first electrodes has a peripheral edge portion provided to: surround, in plan view, the thin-film transistor corresponding to the first electrode; and protrude toward the base substrate layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides: a biodegradable non-woven fabric that is biodegradable, is excellent in terms of uniform moldability and shapability (obtaining, in a shorter time, a neat molded body with no tearing, nap, or stretching irregularities), and which has favorable dimensional stability after molding; and a method for producing a molded body. A biodegradable non-woven fabric according to the present invention comprises fibers containing a biodegradable thermoplastic resin, and is characterized in that: the basis weight is 10-450 g/m2; the difference between the melting point and the crystallization onset temperature of the non-woven fabric is not less than 91° C.; and the cold crystal enthalpy heat quantity ?H of the non-woven fabric is not less than 1.0 J/g.

Abstract: There is provided a sliding member including: a substrate; and a protective film provided on the substrate, wherein the protective film is composed only of a metal base layer provided on the substrate, a low-hardness diamond-like carbon layer provided as a single layer on the metal base layer, and a high-hardness diamond-like carbon layer provided as a single layer directly on the low-hardness diamond-like carbon layer. The sliding member has the protective film which has excellent frictional wear resistance property and satisfactory adhesion property to the substrate, regardless of having a simple structure.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for vacuum processing that performs vapor-deposition on a substrate being heated in a vacuum chamber; the device, wherein the chamber has a light transmissible window formed in a section of the chamber; the light transmissible window and a holding part holding the substrate are connected by a linear space isolated from other parts in the chamber; a laser emitter is installed outside the light transmissible window; and the laser emitter emits a laser beam to the substrate through the linear space, thereby heating the substrate. This device enables laser heating, eliminating conventional drawbacks such as a decrease in laser output.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for vacuum processing that performs vapor-deposition on a substrate being heated in a vacuum chamber; the device, wherein the chamber has a light transmissible window formed in a section of the chamber; the light transmissible window and a holding part holding the substrate are connected by a linear space isolated from other parts in the chamber; a laser emitter is installed outside the light transmissible window; and the laser emitter emits a laser beam to the substrate through the linear space, thereby heating the substrate. This device enables laser heating, eliminating conventional drawbacks such as a decrease in laser output.

Abstract: Colored aromatic polycarbonate resin compositions are prepared by dispersing a colorant (b) selected from phthalocyanine-based compounds, anthraquinone-based compounds and ultramarine blue in a polyalkyleneglycol compound (c) having a number-average molecular weight of 62 to 4000 of formula (2): HO—[—CHR1—CHR2—]m—OH??(2) where R1, R2, R3 and R4 are independently hydrogen atoms or alkyl groups, and m is not less than 1. The dispersion is added to an aromatic polycarbonate resin (a) kept in a molten state which has a viscosity-average molecular weight of not less than 16000 and contains a branched constitutional unit of formula (1): in an amount of 0.3 to 0.95 mol % where X is a single bond, an alkylene group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkylidene group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, a cycloalkylene group having 5 to 15 carbon atoms, a cycloalkylidene group having 5 to 15 carbon atoms, or a divalent connecting group —O—, —S—, —CO—, —SO— and —SO2—.

Abstract: There is provided an aromatic polycarbonate resin composition which is free from unevenness of color and exhibits a good heat resistance and a good hydrolysis resistance. The aromatic polycarbonate resin composition of the present invention comprises: (a) 100 parts by weight of an aromatic polycarbonate resin having a viscosity-average molecular weight of not less than 16000 and containing a branched constitutional unit in an amount of 0.3 to 0.95 mol % on the basis of a constitutional unit represented by the general formula (1): (wherein X is a single bond, an alkylene group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkylidene group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, a cycloalkylene group having 5 to 15 carbon atoms, a cycloalkylidene group having 5 to 15 carbon atoms, or a divalent connecting group selected from the group consisting of —O—, —S—, —CO—, —SO— and —SO2—); (b) 0.00001 to 0.

Abstract: To produce an aromatic polycarbonate excellent in physical properties and hue by a simplified step as compared with a conventional one. A process for producing an aromatic polycarbonate, which comprises the following steps (1) to (3): (1) a step of reacting phenol with acetone in the presence of an acid catalyst to convert part of the phenol into bisphenol A, to obtain a bisphenol A/phenol composition, (2) a step of supplying the bisphenol A/phenol composition held in a molten state in a liquid form to an aromatic polycarbonate production step, and (3) a step of reacting the bisphenol A and a carbonate material to produce an aromatic polycarbonate.

Abstract: To produce an aromatic polycarbonate excellent in physical properties and hue by a simplified step as compared with a conventional one.