Abstract: According to the present invention, a fluorine-containing (cyclo)alkenyl zinc halide compound can be obtained in a high yield by reacting a halogenated olefin compound represented by formula (2): wherein R1, R2, and R3 are as defined above, X2 represents a halogen atom, and a single bond expressed with a wavy line indicates that the steric configuration with respect to a double bond to which the single bond is connected is E configuration, Z configuration, or a mixture of E configuration and Z configuration in any ratio, with a zinc halide compound represented by formula (3): ZnX1 (3), wherein X1 is as defined above, in the presence of a zerovalent alkali metal.

Abstract: Provided is a deterioration inhibitor which, compared to prior art, is more effective against deterioration of the flavor or aroma of food, drinks, cosmetics, and the like caused by a variety of factors, and does not have any influence on the color of the food, drinks, cosmetics, and the like. This flavor or aroma deterioration inhibitor contains theanaphthoquinone and analogues thereof as an active ingredient.

Abstract: A metal structure evaluator for rolled steel sheets includes: a magnetic property measuring unit configured to measure a magnetic property of an evaluation target point in at least two or more different magnetization directions by performing, in the at least two or more different magnetization directions, processing of: applying a magnetic field on a surface of a rolled steel sheet in one direction; and measuring a magnetic property of the evaluation target point on the surface of the rolled steel sheet; and a determination unit configured to determine a metal structure of the evaluation target point based on the magnetic property measured by the magnetic property measuring unit.

Abstract: Electromagnetic wave absorbing particles are provided that include hexagonal tungsten bronze having oxygen deficiency, wherein the tungsten bronze is expressed by a general formula: MxWO3-y(where one or more elements M include at least one or more species selected from among K, Rb, and Cs, 0.15?x?0.33, and 0<y?0.46), and wherein oxygen vacancy concentration Nv in the electromagnetic wave absorbing particles is greater than or equal to 3×1014 cm?3 and less than or equal to 8.0×1021 cm?3.

Abstract: An electromagnetic wave absorbing laminated transparent base material includes a plurality of sheets of transparent base materials; and an electromagnetic wave absorbing particle dispersoid including at least electromagnetic wave absorbing particles and a thermoplastic resin. The electromagnetic wave absorbing particles contain hexagonal tungsten bronze having oxygen deficiency. The tungsten bronze is expressed by a general formula: MxWO3?y (where one or more elements M include at least one or more species selected from among K, Rb, and Cs, 0.15?x?0.33, and 0<y?0.46). Oxygen vacancy concentration NV in the electromagnetic wave absorbing particles is greater than or equal to 4.3×1014 cm?3 and less than or equal to 8.0×1021 cm?3. The electromagnetic wave absorbing particle dispersoid is arranged between the plurality of sheets of the transparent base materials.

Abstract: A solar radiation shielding laminated structure, having high visible light transmission property and solar radiation shielding property, low haze value, and high environmental stability with inexpensive production cost, using solar radiation shielding fine particles having high visible light transmission property and excellent solar shielding property and weather resistance, and provides a solar radiation shielding laminated structure in which an interlayer is sandwiched between two laminated sheets; the interlayer having, as an intermediate film, one or more kinds selected from a resin sheet containing solar radiation shielding fine particles and a resin film containing solar radiation shielding fine particles, the laminated sheets being selected from a sheet-glass not containing solar radiation shielding fine particles and a resin board not containing solar radiation shielding fine particles; wherein the solar radiation shielding fine particles are solar radiation shielding fine particles containing calcium

Abstract: A method for producing a molded article from a molding material, wherein the molding material contains a fluorine-containing graft chain. Also disclosed is a molding material for a fluorine-containing molded article including a resin material having a graft chain.

Abstract: Heat ray shielding fine particles contain calcium lanthanum boride fine particles represented by a general formula CaxLa1-xBm, a shape of each fine particle of the calcium lanthanum boride fine particles satisfies at least one of the following: 1) when scattering intensity of the calcium lanthanum boride fine particles diluted and dispersed in a solvent is measured using small-angle X-ray scattering, value Ve of a slope of a straight line is ?3.8?Ve??1.5, 2) the particle shape is a flat cylindrical shape, or a flat spheroidal (wherein a length of a long axis is d and a length of a short axis is h) shape, with a value of aspect ratio d/h being 1.5?d/h?20.

Abstract: Heat ray shielding fine particles, heat ray shielding fine particle dispersion liquid, heat ray shielding film, heat ray shielding glass, heat ray shielding dispersion body, and heat ray shielding laminated transparent substrate that exhibit heat ray shielding properties and suppress scorching sensation on skin when employed in window materials and the like, also enable usage of communication devices, imaging devices, sensors, etc. that employ near-infrared light across these structures. The particles are composite tungsten oxide fine particles having a heat ray shielding function; and when a visible light transmittance is 85% when computed for light absorption by the particles alone, the average value of transmittance in the wavelength region from 800 nm to 900 nm is 30%-60%, and the average value of transmittance in the wavelength region from 1200 nm to 1500 nm is 20% or lower, and the transmittance at a wavelength of 2100 nm is 22% or lower.

Abstract: An infrared-shielding nanoparticle dispersion has a property whereby visible light is adequately transmitted, and light in the near-infrared region is adequately shielded. The infrared-shielding nanoparticles include a plural aggregate of electroconductive particles composed of a tungsten oxide expressed by the general formula WyOz (where W is tungsten, O is oxygen, and 2.2?z/y?2.999), and/or a composite tungsten oxide expressed by the general formula MxWyOz (where M is one or more elements selected from H, alkali metals, alkaline-earth metals, rare earth elements, Mg, Zr, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ru, Co, Rh, Ir, Ni, Pd, Pt, Cu, Ag, Au, Zn, Cd, Al, Ga, In, Tl, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb, Sb, B, F, P, S, Se, Br, Te, Ti, Nb, V, Mo, Ta, Re, Be, Hf, Os, Bi, and I; W is tungsten; O is oxygen; 0.001?x/y?1.1; and 2.2?z/y?3.0).

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a fluorine-containing aromatic polymer; a method for producing the fluorine-containing aromatic polymer; etc. The problem can be solved by: a polymer having a monomer unit represented by formula (1) (wherein R1 in each occurrence is independently a halogen atom, NR11R12 (wherein R11 and R12 are independently a hydrogen atom or an organic group), or an organic group; n1 is an integer of 0 to 4; two R1s that can be present in the ortho-positions may form a ring together with two carbon atoms on the adjacent benzene ring, wherein the formed ring may have an organic group as a substituent; and L1 is a single bond, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, -L11-O—, —O-L12-O—, -L13-S—, or —S-L14-S— (wherein L11 to L14 are each independently an alkylene group optionally having one or more substituents); etc.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a discharge part including a nozzle configured to discharge a processing liquid onto a substrate; a liquid feeder configured to feed the processing liquid to the discharge part; a replenishment part configured to replenish the liquid feeder with the processing liquid to be fed to the discharge part; a connector including a switching valve configured to open/close a flow path between the replenishment part and the liquid feeder; a filter configured to remove foreign matters contained in the processing liquid; a replenishment preparation part configured to open the switching valve after reducing a pressure difference between the inside of the replenishment part and the liquid feeder; and a replenishment controller configured to start replenishment of the processing liquid from the replenishment part to the liquid feeder in a state in which the switching valve is opened by the replenishment preparation part.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel fullerene derivative usable in n-type semiconductor materials for organic thin-film solar cells and the like. The object is achieved by a fullerene derivative represented by formula (1) wherein R1 represents aryl optionally substituted with at least one substituent, R2 represents an organic group, R3 represents an organic group, with the proviso that at least one of R2 and R3 is alkyl optionally substituted with at least one substituent or alkyl ether optionally substituted with at least one substituent, R4 represents hydrogen or an organic group, and a ring A represents a fullerene ring.

Abstract: An infrared-absorbing material is provided, the infrared-absorbing material including at least one kind of transition metal; and at least one kind of element selected from B, C, N, O, etc., as a ligand of the transition metal, wherein at a bottom part of a conduction band, a bottom band of the conduction band is formed, the bottom band of the conduction band being a band occupied by d orbitals of the transition metal or a band in which the d orbitals of the transition metal and p orbitals of the ligand are hybridized, at a top part of a valence band, a top band of the valence band is formed, the top band of the valence band being a band occupied by the p orbitals of the ligand or a band in which the p orbitals of the ligand and the d orbitals of the transition metal are hybridized, in two wavenumber directions or less, which are highly symmetric points in a Brillouin zone, the bottom band of the conduction band and the top band of the valence band are close to each other by less than 3.

Abstract: A solar radiation shielding laminated structure, having high visible light transmission property and solar radiation shielding property, low haze value, and high environmental stability with inexpensive production cost, using solar radiation shielding fine particles having high visible light transmission property and excellent solar shielding property and weather resistance, and provides a solar radiation shielding laminated structure in which an interlayer is sandwiched between two laminated sheets; the interlayer having, as an intermediate film, one or more kinds selected from a resin sheet containing solar radiation shielding fine particles and a resin film containing solar radiation shielding fine particles, the laminated sheets being selected from a sheet-glass not containing solar radiation shielding fine particles and a resin board not containing solar radiation shielding fine particles; wherein the solar radiation shielding fine particles are solar radiation shielding fine particles containing calcium

Abstract: A moving body tracking system more efficiently identifies a moving body sending a particular radio wave, by including a memory that stores a set of instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the set of instructions to identify, when a feature value of a radio wave received by a terminal is registered in a database, a moving body sending the radio wave, based on a plurality of images captured by the terminal and associated with the feature value of the radio wave.

Abstract: A solar radiation shielding fine particle dispersion body containing a thermoplastic resin, solar radiation shielding fine particles, a solar radiation shielding fine particle-containing masterbatch, a solar radiation shielding resin formed body formed into a predetermined shape using the same, and a solar radiation shielding resin laminate including the solar radiation shielding resin formed body stacked on another transparent formed body.

Abstract: Electromagnetic wave absorbing particles are provided that include hexagonal tungsten bronze having oxygen deficiency, wherein the tungsten bronze is expressed by a general formula: MxWO3-y (where one or more elements M include at least one or more species selected from among K, Rb, and Cs, 0.15?x?0.33, and 0<y?0.46), and wherein oxygen vacancy concentration NV in the electromagnetic wave absorbing particles is greater than or equal to 4.3×1014 cm?3 and less than or equal to 8.0×1021 cm?3.

Abstract: There is provided an aggregate of metal fine particles, a metal fine particle dispersion liquid, a heat ray shielding film, a heat ray shielding glass, a heat ray shielding fine particle dispersion body and a heat ray shielding laminated transparent base material, having sufficient properties as a solar radiation shielding material which widely shields a heat ray component included in sunlight, and in which selectivity of a light absorption wavelength is controlled, wherein when a shape each metal fine particle is approximated to an ellipsoid, and mutually orthogonal semi-axial lengths are defined as a, b, c (a?b?c) respectively, an average, a standard deviation, and a distribution, etc., of the values of the aspect ratio a/c of the metal fine particles are in a predetermined range, and the metal is silver or a silver alloy.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to enable the synthesis of various fluorine-containing compounds having an organic group at both terminals of their tetrafluoroethylene structure (—CF2—CF2—). The present invention provides a fluorine-containing complex compound including a fluorine-containing organic metal compound represented by formula (1a): R1—CF2—CF2-M1??(1a) wherein M1 is a metal selected from the group consisting of copper, zinc, nickel, iron, cobalt, and tin; and R1 represents an organic group, and at least one ligand selected from the group consisting of pyridine ring-containing compounds and phosphines.