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: 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: A resin composition, for an acoustic matching layer, that contains a binder including a resin and surface-treated metal particles; a cured product formed from the composition; an acoustic matching sheet; 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.

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. 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, 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: 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 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 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 photoelectric conversion element including an electrically conductive support, a photoconductor layer including an electrolyte, a charge transfer layer including an electrolyte, and a counter electrode. The photoconductor layer has semiconductor fine particles having a metal complex dye represented by specific Formula (1) supported thereon; a dye-sensitized solar cell; a metal complex dye; a dye solution; and an oxide semiconductor electrode.

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: In a treatment process for a positive electrode active material for a lithium-ion secondary battery, Li compounds such as Li2CO3, LiOH, and the like, present in a positive electrode active material for a lithium-ion secondary battery but unsuitable for a positive electrode material, is removed. In a case wherein the resultant Li compound is used as a positive electrode material of the secondary battery, a discharge capacity and an average discharge voltage of the secondary battery do not decline, and gelation caused by a cleaning treatment is prevented. The positive electrode active material is cleaned with a cleaning fluid containing NH3, and then solid-liquid separation is performed, and a solid component is calcined at 600 to 700° C. in an oxygen atmosphere. The cleaning fluid has a conductivity of 11.6 mS/cm or less, and contains a recovered liquid component and may be repeatedly used as a cleaning fluid.

Abstract: In a treatment process for a positive electrode active material for a lithium-ion secondary battery, Li compounds such as Li2CO3, LiOH, and the like, present in a positive electrode active material for a lithium-ion secondary battery but unsuitable for a positive electrode material, is removed. In a case wherein the resultant Li compound is used as a positive electrode material of the secondary battery, a discharge capacity and an average discharge voltage of the secondary battery do not decline, and gelation caused by a cleaning treatment is prevented. The positive electrode active material is cleaned with a cleaning fluid containing NH3, and then solid-liquid separation is performed, and a solid component is calcined at 600 to 700° C. in an oxygen atmosphere. The cleaning fluid has a conductivity of 11.6 mS/cm or less, and contains a recovered liquid component and may be repeatedly used as a cleaning fluid.

Abstract: Disclosed is a resin composition for laser engraving comprising (Component A) a polymer having a monomer unit derived from a conjugated diene-based hydrocarbon, (Component B) a compound having an acid group and an ethylenically unsaturated bond; and (Component C) a polymerization initiator.

Abstract: A resin composition for laser engraving that comprises (Component A) a resin that is a plastomer at 20° C., (Component B) a polymerizable compound, and (Component C) a polymerization initiator, wherein Component A has a constitutional repeating unit having an acid group, and the content of the constitutional repeating unit having an acid group is 0.01 to 15 mass % relative to a total mass of Component A. A flexographic printing plate precursor that has a relief-forming layer formed of the resin composition for laser engraving on a support, and a flexographic printing plate precursor that has a crosslinked relief-forming layer obtained by crosslinking a relief-forming layer formed of the resin composition for laser engraving by heat and/or light.

Abstract: A packaging material for cold forming, in particular a packaging material for a battery such as a lithium ion secondary battery or the like, that includes a biaxially-stretched polybutylene terephthalate film ensuring excellent cold-formability without sacrificing acid resistance and moisture-proofing and having excellent moisture-proofing, acid resistance, and cold-formability by utilizing the biaxially-stretched polybutylene terephthalate film as a base layer and/or a barrier material reinforcing layer in a battery case packaging material for cold forming. In the battery case packaging material for cold forming, in which a barrier layer and a sealant layer, or alternatively a base layer, a barrier layer, a barrier material reinforcing layer, and a sealant layer are laminated in order, the biaxially-stretched polybutylene terephthalate film is used as the base layer and/or the barrier material reinforcing layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to the preparation of baker's yeast having both freezing tolerance and drying tolerance, which comprises drying pressed raw yeast suitable to baking from frozen dough, and screening it for instant dry yeast not interfering with its aptitude for frozen dough. Using the instant dry yeast, prepared is an instant-type, dry yeast composition of which the yeast activity is lowered little in the baking process from frozen dough that comprises freezing and storing dough and thawing the frozen dough. When the dry yeast is mixed with side materials in preparing dough and the dough is frozen and stored for a certain period of time and thereafter thawed, it still maintains its good baking capabilities. The dry yeast has the significant advantage of maintaining its original baking capabilities even in frozen and thawed dough. In particular, strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae P-572, FERM BP-6148.

Abstract: A multi-layer film having an intermediate layer containing, as a main component, a mixture of two kinds of specific linear low density polyethylenes, and innermost and outermost layers containing, as a main component, a mixture of a specific high pressure process polyethylene, a specific ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer and a specific linear low density polyethylene. The film has an automatic packaging machine applicability and an excellent heat sealability at low temperatures without defects such as lowering of tuck in property, stretchability in the transverse direction and film slipping property and blocking, and is suitably employed as films for stretch packaging and shrink packaging which are used for prepackaging of retailed goods, mainly foods.

Abstract: One or a plurality of reverse-lay grooves the direction of which is inverted periodically are cut in the outer circumference of a spacer, and an optical fiber tape unit or a stack of optical fiber tape units is accommodated in this groove. The length of the diagonal lines of the optical fiber tape unit or a stack of optical fiber tape units is larger than the width and depth of a bottom portion of the groove. In the inverted portion of the groove, the normal vector of the optical fiber tape unit or the stack of optical fiber tape units points to a direction perpendicular to an opening direction of the groove in the inverted portions of the groove.