Abstract: Provided are an acoustic matching sheet containing the following component (B) in the following component (A), a composition for an acoustic matching layer, an acoustic wave probe, an acoustic wave measurement apparatus, and a method for manufacturing an acoustic wave probe. (A) is at least one of a resin or a rubber; and (B) is at least one of a resin particle or a rubber particle having an acoustic velocity lower than an acoustic velocity of the component (A) and having a number average particle diameter of 1.0 ?m or less.

Abstract: Provided is a resin composition for an acoustic matching layer, the resin composition including an epoxy resin (A), a specific polyamine compound (B), and metal particles (C). The epoxy resin (A) includes at least one epoxy resin selected from the group consisting of bisphenol A epoxy resins, bisphenol F epoxy resins, and phenol novolac epoxy resins. Also provided are a cured product formed of the composition, an acoustic matching sheet, an acoustic probe, an acoustic measuring apparatus, a method for producing an acoustic probe, and an acoustic matching layer material set.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a kit and a method which are capable of measuring a measurement target substance in a biological sample with high precision in a measurement range from a low concentration range to a high concentration range. According to the present invention, there is provided a kit for measuring a measurement target substance in a biological sample, including a labeled particle having a first binding substance capable of binding to a measurement target substance in a biological sample, and a substrate having a second binding substance capable of binding to any one of the measurement target substance or the first binding substance, in which the labeled particle is a luminescent labeled particle containing at least one kind of compound represented by Formula (1) and a particle. Each symbol in Formula (1) has the meaning described in the present specification.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a kit, a method, and a reagent which prevent the problem of false positive due to nonspecific adsorption, suppress the increase in noise to be generated, and are capable of achieving high-precision measurement of a measurement target substance in a wide concentration range from a low concentration to a high concentration.

Abstract: Provided are an acoustic matching layer material including a thermosetting resin component and inorganic filler particles, in which in a cross-sectional observation of the acoustic matching layer material, a cross-sectional area of the inorganic filler particles satisfies Expression (1); an acoustic matching sheet; a composition for forming an acoustic matching sheet; an acoustic wave probe; an acoustic wave measurement apparatus; and manufacturing methods of an acoustic matching layer material and an acoustic wave probe: 100×b/c?25??Expression (1) wherein b: in a case where a number-average value of cross-sectional areas of the inorganic filler particles is denoted as a, a total cross-sectional area of particles having a cross-sectional area 7 times or more of a in the inorganic filler particles is denoted as b, and c: a total cross-sectional area of the inorganic filler particles is denoted as c.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a kit and a method capable of achieving high-precision measurement of a measurement target substance in a biological sample in a wide concentration range from a low concentration to a high concentration. According to the present invention, there is provided a kit for measuring a measurement target substance in a biological sample, the kit including: a labeled particle having a first binding substance capable of binding to the measurement target substance in a biological sample and having a first blocking agent; and a substrate having a second binding substance capable of binding to any one of the measurement target substance or the first binding substance and having a second blocking agent, in which the labeled particle is a luminescent labeled particle containing at least one kind of compound represented by Formula (1) and a particle, and the first blocking agent and the second blocking agent are different from each other.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a kit and a method which are capable of measuring a measurement target substance in a biological sample with high precision in a measurement range from a low concentration range to a high concentration range. According to the present invention, there is provided a kit for measuring a measurement target substance in a biological sample, including a labeled particle having a first binding substance capable of binding to a measurement target substance in a biological sample, and a substrate having a second binding substance capable of binding to any one of the measurement target substance or the first binding substance, in which the labeled particle is a luminescent labeled particle containing at least one kind of compound represented by Formula (1) and a particle. Each symbol in Formula (1) has the meaning described in the present specification.

Abstract: A resin composition for an acoustic matching layer; an acoustic matching sheet formed from the composition; an acoustic wave probe; an acoustic wave measuring apparatus; a method for manufacturing an acoustic wave probe; and a material set, for an acoustic matching layer, that is suitable for preparation of the composition, in which the resin composition for an acoustic matching layer includes a binder including a resin; and metal particles having a monodispersity of 40% to 80%, wherein the monodispersity is calculated by equation (1): monodispersity (%)=(standard deviation of particle sizes of metal particles/average particle size of metal particles)×100.

Abstract: A material for an acoustic matching layer contains the following components (A), (B), and (C): (A) an epoxy resin; (B) a curing agent; and (C) surface-treated tungsten carbide particles subjected to a surface treatment with a surface treatment agent including at least one of an aminosilane compound, a mercaptosilane compound, an isocyanatosilane compound, a thiocyanatosilane compound, an aluminum alkoxide compound, a zirconium alkoxide compound, or a titanium alkoxide compound.

Abstract: Provided is a resin composition for an acoustic matching layer, the resin composition including metal particles (A), an epoxy resin (B), a polythiol compound (C), and a cure-accelerating compound (D). The epoxy resin (B) includes at least one epoxy resin selected from the group consisting of bisphenol A epoxy resins, bisphenol F epoxy resins, and phenol novolac epoxy resins, and the polythiol compound (C) includes a compound having at least two specific partial structures. Also provided are a cured product formed of the composition, an acoustic matching sheet, an acoustic probe, an acoustic measuring apparatus, and a method for producing an acoustic probe. Further provided is an acoustic matching layer material set suitable for preparation of the composition.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a kit, a method, and a reagent which prevent the problem of false positive due to nonspecific adsorption, suppress the increase in noise to be generated, and are capable of achieving high-precision measurement of a measurement target substance in a wide concentration range from a low concentration to a high concentration.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a kit and a method capable of achieving high-precision measurement of a measurement target substance in a biological sample in a wide concentration range from a low concentration to a high concentration by sufficiently avoiding the influence of antibodies such as anti-serum albumin antibody present in blood.

Abstract: A composition for an acoustic lens contains the following components (A) to (C): (A) a polysiloxane having a vinyl group; (B) a polysiloxane having two or more Si—H groups in a molecular chain thereof; and (C) zinc oxide surface-treated with at least one surface treatment agent of an aminosilane compound, a mercaptosilane compound, an isocyanatosilane compound, a thiocyanatosilane compound, an aluminum alkoxide compound, a zirconium alkoxide compound, or a titanium alkoxide compound, provided that the aminosilane compound does not have a Si—N—Si structure.

Abstract: An acoustic matching layer material contains an epoxy resin component, a metal particle, and a ceramic particle, in which the acoustic matching layer material has an acoustic velocity of less than 3500 m/sec, and has an acoustic impedance of 18 Mrayl or more.

Abstract: An endoscopic coating composition including a solid lubricant, a fluorine-containing surfactant, a thermosetting resin, and a solvent, a lubricating member provided by a coating treatment using the coating composition and being suitable as an endoscopic member, a method for producing the lubricating member, and an endoscopic flexible tube and an endoscope including the lubricating member.

Abstract: Provided are an acoustic matching sheet containing the following component (B) in the following component (A), a composition for an acoustic matching layer, an acoustic wave probe, an acoustic wave measurement apparatus, and a method for manufacturing an acoustic wave probe. (A) is at least one of a resin or a rubber; and (B) is at least one of a resin particle or a rubber particle having an acoustic velocity lower than an acoustic velocity of the component (A) and having a number average particle diameter of 1.0 ?m or less.

Abstract: Provided is an ink composition used for image formation by an ink jet method. The ink composition includes plate-like metal particles that include a metal element having a standard oxidation-reduction potential nobler than ?1.65 V, that have an average equivalent circle diameter of 10 nm or more and less than 500 nm, and that have an average aspect ratio, which is the ratio of the average equivalent circle diameter to an average thickness, of 3 or more. Also provided are an ink set, an image forming method, and a printed matter.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element includes a conductive support, a photoconductor layer including an electrolyte, a charge transfer layer including an electrolyte, and a counter electrode, in which the photoconductor layer has semiconductor fine particles carrying a metal complex dye represented by a specific formula.

Abstract: Provided are a balloon for an ultrasonic endoscope, the balloon being formed of a synthetic elastomer, in which the balloon is used such that a relation between a width W of a bead portion of the balloon and a width X of a bead-portion attachment groove provided in an ultrasonic endoscope insertion section to fix the balloon is 1.1?W/X?2.5, and a relation between an inner diameter Y of an opening of the balloon, the opening being surrounded by the bead portion, and an outer diameter Z of a part of the bead-portion attachment groove in the ultrasonic endoscope insertion section, the part being surrounded by a top of a wall surface of the bead-portion attachment groove, is 0.30?Y/Z?0.55; an ultrasonic endoscope including the balloon for an ultrasonic endoscope; and a method for producing the ultrasonic endoscope.

Abstract: Provided is a resin composition for an acoustic matching layer, the resin composition including an epoxy resin (A), a specific polyamine compound (B), and metal particles (C). The epoxy resin (A) includes at least one epoxy resin selected from the group consisting of bisphenol A epoxy resins, bisphenol F epoxy resins, and phenol novolac epoxy resins. Also provided are a cured product formed of the composition, an acoustic matching sheet, an acoustic probe, an acoustic measuring apparatus, a method for producing an acoustic probe, and an acoustic matching layer material set.