Abstract: A coil component includes an element body having a rectangular main surface; a coil provided within the element body, wherein the coil having a lower coil portion and an upper coil portion; terminal electrodes provided at positions corresponding to corners of the main surface; extracting conductors connected within the element body to both end portions of the coil, wherein the extracting conductors extending from the end portions of the coil to terminal electrodes provided on the main surface; and a dummy electrode provided on the main surface at a position different from those of the terminal electrodes, wherein the dummy electrode is conducted to neither of the extracting conductors.

Abstract: A laminate-type ceramic electric component such as laminated ceramic capacitor which has excellent mechanical strength and also has thermal shock resistance at the same time is provided. A laminate-type ceramic electronic component includes an inner layer part, in which dielectric layers including ABO3 (which represents a perovskite crystal in which A contains at least Ba and B contains at least Ti) as a main component and internal electrode layers are alternately laminated; and a pair of outer layer parts which sandwich the inner layer part, wherein the outer layer parts include a continuous film containing a Ba—Si—Ti—O based crystal phase.

Abstract: A multilayer electronic component includes an element body having an internal electrode layer and a dielectric layer. These are substantially parallel to a plane including a first axis and a second axis and are alternately laminated along a third axis direction. Side surfaces facing each other in the first axis direction are respectively equipped with an insulating layer. End surfaces facing each other in the second axis direction are respectively equipped with an external electrode. A main component of the insulating layer is constituted by glass containing Si at 25 wt % or more. The external electrode includes glass containing at least Si. The external electrode covers an end portion in the second axial direction of the insulating layer. A diffusing layer is partially present at least at a bonding portion of the insulating layer with the external electrode in the side surface.

Abstract: A multilayer electronic component includes an element body having an internal electrode layer and a dielectric layer. These layers are substantially parallel to a plane including a first axis and a second axis and are alternately laminated along a third axis direction. A pair of side surfaces facing each other in the first axis direction of the element body is respectively equipped with an insulating layer. A pair of end surfaces facing each other in the second axis direction of the element body is respectively equipped with an external electrode electrically connected to the internal electrode layer. The insulating layer has a mountain portion formed on a peripheral edge of the side surface and a plane portion of a central portion of the side surface.

Abstract: A multilayer electronic component includes an element body having an internal electrode layer and a dielectric layer. These are substantially parallel to a plane including a first axis and a second axis and are alternately laminated along a third axis direction. Side surfaces facing each other in the first axis direction are respectively equipped with an insulating layer. End surfaces facing each other in the second axis direction are respectively equipped with an external electrode. An elastic modulus of the insulating layer is 12 GPa to 140 GPa.

Abstract: A prepreg includes; agent-coated carbon fibers coated with a sizing agent; and a thermosetting resin composition impregnated into the sizing agent-coated carbon fibers. The sizing agent includes an aliphatic epoxy compound (A) and an aromatic epoxy compound (B1). The sizing agent-coated carbon fibers are in a shape of woven fabric or braid. The thermosetting resin composition includes a thermosetting resin (D), a thermoplastic resin (F), and a latent hardener (G). The sizing agent-coated carbon fibers have an (a)/(b) ratio in a certain range where (a) is the height of a component at a binding energy assigned to CHx, C—C, and C?C and (b) is the height of a component at a binding energy assigned to C—O in a C1s core spectrum of the surfaces of the sizing agent-coated carbon fibers analyzed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a sizing agent-coated carbon fibers, wherein at least one kind of sizing agent that is selected from the group consisting of sizing agents (a), (b) and (c) is used for coating, in each of the sizing agents a bi- or higher functional epoxy compound (A1) and/or an epoxy compound (A2) being used as a component (A), and the epoxy compound (A2) having a mono- or higher functional epoxy group and at least one functional group that is selected from among a hydroxyl group, an amide group, an imide group, a urethane group, a urea group, a sulfonyl group and a sulfo group. The sizing agent is applied to carbon fibers and the resulting is subjected to a heat treatment within the temperature range of 160-260° C. for 30-600 seconds.

Abstract: Sizing agent-coated reinforcing fibers include reinforcing fibers and a sizing agent containing a polyrotaxane, the reinforcing fibers being coated with the sizing agent. Provided are sizing agent-coated reinforcing fibers that provide a fiber-reinforced composite material with excellent mechanical properties, a method for producing the sizing agent-coated reinforcing fibers, a prepreg including the sizing agent-coated reinforcing fibers, and a fiber-reinforced composite material with excellent mechanical properties including the sizing agent-coated reinforcing fibers.

Abstract: In order to identify a novel gene responsible for parthenocarpy and to provide use of the gene, the parthenocarpy regulatory gene of the present invention includes a polynucleotide (1) that encodes an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, (2) that encodes an amino acid sequence (i) having a sequence identity of 75% or higher relative to the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, (3) that encodes an amino acid sequence in which 1 to 98 amino acids are substituted, etc. in the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, or (4) that is hybridized with a polynucleotide, which has a sequence complementary to the polynucleotide for encoding the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 under a stringent condition.

Abstract: The present invention aims to suppress the cracks and delamination to improve the bending strength of multilayer ceramic electronic component with internal electrode layers wherein the thickness of the internal electrode layer is 0.5 ?m or less. The multilayer ceramic electronic component is a laminated body having internal electrode layers and dielectric ceramic layers which are laminated alternately. The internal electrode layers have electrode discontinuity portion. In a part of the electrode discontinuity portion, a dielectric ceramic particle bigger than the thickness of the dielectric ceramic layer is contained when the cross section is observed from the direction perpendicular to the laminating plane of the laminated body.

Abstract: The present invention aims to suppress the cracks and delamination to improve the bending strength of multilayer ceramic electronic component with internal electrode layers wherein the thickness of the internal electrode layer is 0.5 ?m or less. The multilayer ceramic electronic component is a laminated body having internal electrode layers and dielectric ceramic layers which are laminated alternately. The internal electrode layers have electrode discontinuity portion. In a part of the electrode discontinuity portion, a dielectric ceramic particle bigger than the thickness of the dielectric ceramic layer is contained when the cross section is observed from the direction perpendicular to the laminating plane of the laminated body.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a sizing agent-coated carbon fibers, wherein at least one kind of sizing agent that is selected from the group consisting of sizing agents (a), (b) and (c) is used for coating, in each of the sizing agents a bi- or higher functional epoxy compound (A1) and/or an epoxy compound (A2) being used as a component (A), and the epoxy compound (A2) having a mono- or higher functional epoxy group and at least one functional group that is selected from among a hydroxyl group, an amide group, an imide group, a urethane group, a urea group, a sulfonyl group and a sulfo group. The sizing agent is applied to carbon fibers and the resulting is subjected to a heat treatment within the temperature range of 160-260° C. for 30-600 seconds.

Abstract: A laminated ceramic electronic component with a cuboid-shaped element main body having a first main face and a second main face elongating along the length direction and the width direction, a first side face and a second side face elongating along the length direction and the height direction, and a first end face and a second end face elongating along the width direction and the height direction; and a pair of internal electrode layers opposite to each other in the height direction inside the element main body with a dielectric layer interposed therebetween in such a manner that they are exposed at the first end face or the second end face, wherein the thickness of the dielectric layer becomes larger from central portion to the first side face and the second side face.

Abstract: A laminated ceramic electronic component provided with a component main body formed by alternatively laminating multiple dielectric ceramic layers and multiple internal electrode layers, and external electrodes disposed on the end faces where the internal electrode layers of the component main body are exposed, wherein at least a part of the multiple internal electrode layers exposed on the end faces of the component main body are provided with end-face electrode portions that connect the adjacent internal electrode layers, the connecting portions are present between the end-face electrode portions and the dielectric ceramic layers that contact with the end-face electrode portions, and the external electrodes are disposed so that the end-face electrode portions are covered.

Abstract: The present invention provides: a root-knot nematode resistance marker for tomato plants; a novel root-knot nematode resistant tomato plant; a method for producing a root-knot nematode resistant tomato plant; and a screening method for a root-knot nematode resistant tomato plant.

Abstract: A thin film balun that can be made smaller and thinner while maintaining required balun characteristics is provided. A thin film balun 1 includes: an unbalanced transmission line UL including a first coil portion C1 and a second coil portion C2; a balanced transmission line BL including a third coil portion C3 and a fourth coil portion C4 that are positioned facing and magnetically coupled to the first coil portion C1 and the second coil portion C2 respectively; an unbalanced terminal UT connected to the first coil portion C1; a ground terminal G connected to the second coil portion C2 via a C component D; and an electrode D2 connected to the ground terminal G and facing a part of the second coil portion C2. The C component D is formed by the electrode D2 and the part D1 of the second coil portion C2.

Abstract: Provided are a carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin composition excellent in interfacial adhesion between carbon fiber and a thermoplastic resin and excellent in dynamic characteristics, and a molding material, a prepreg, and a method for producing the same. The carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin composition includes the following components (A) and (B), carbon fiber and a thermoplastic resin; component (A): (A1) a bifunctional or higher functional epoxy compound and/or (A2) an epoxy compound which has a monofunctional or higher epoxy group and has one or more taypes of functional groups selected from a hydroxyl group, an amide group, an imide group, a urethane group, a urea group, a sulfonyl group and a sulfo group; and component (B): 0.

Abstract: A thin film balun that can be made smaller and thinner while maintaining required balun characteristics is provided. A thin film balun 1 includes: an unbalanced transmission line UL including a first coil portion C1 and a second coil portion C2; a balanced transmission line BL including a third coil portion C3 and a fourth coil portion C4 that are positioned facing and magnetically coupled to the first coil portion C1 and the second coil portion C2 respectively; an unbalanced terminal UT connected to the first coil portion C1; a ground terminal G connected to the second coil portion C2 via a C component D; and an electrode D2 connected to the ground terminal G and facing a part of the second coil portion C2. The C component D is formed by the electrode D2 and the part D1 of the second coil portion C2.

Abstract: To provide a prepreg and a carbon fiber reinforced composite material that are excellent in adhesion between a matrix resin and carbon fibers and long-term storage stability and also excellent in microcrack resistance due to the increased toughness. The present invention provides a prepreg that includes; agent-coated carbon fibers coated with a sizing agent; and a thermosetting resin composition impregnated into the sizing agent-coated carbon fibers. The sizing agent includes an aliphatic epoxy compound (A) and an aromatic epoxy compound (B1). The sizing agent-coated carbon fibers are in a shape of woven fabric or braid. The thermosetting resin composition includes a thermosetting resin (D), a thermoplastic resin (F), and a latent hardener (G).

Abstract: A carbon fiber-reinforced resin composition of the present invention includes: sizing agent-coated carbon fibers in which carbon fibers are coated with a sizing agent; and a matrix resin. The sizing agent includes at least an aliphatic epoxy compound (A) and an aromatic epoxy compound (B1) as an aromatic compound (B). The sizing agent-coated carbon fibers have a ratio (a)/(b) of 0.50 to 0.90 where (a) is the height (cps) of a component having a binding energy (284.6 eV) attributed to CHx, C—C, and C?C and (b) is the height (cps) of a component having binding energy (286.1 eV) attributed to C—O in a C1s core spectrum of the surface of the sizing agent measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy at a photoelectron takeoff angle of 15°.