Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for producing a microchannel device, which can form a channel that has high hydrophobicity, high solvent resistance as well, and also resistance to heat and damage, on demand with high accuracy, and produces the microchannel device at a low cost, while having high productivity. The method for producing a microchannel device includes: forming a channel pattern from a hydrophobic resin on a porous substrate by an electrophotographic method; melting the channel pattern by heat to allow the channel pattern to permeate into the porous substrate, thereby forming a channel in the inside of the porous substrate.

Abstract: A coloring compound comprises a triphenylmethane structure having specific substituents.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a compound having a STING agonistic activity, which may be expected to be useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of STING-related diseases. The present disclosure relates to a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined in the description, or a salt thereof.

Abstract: A disinfectant visualization sheet includes a base and a color developing portion disposed on the base, wherein the color developing portion contains a visualization agent of which color developing state changes with application of a disinfectant.

Abstract: An information acquisition system of acquiring information regarding disinfection includes a detection unit configured to detect a variable information code in which a pattern before application of a disinfectant represents a first information code and a pattern after the application of the disinfectant represents a second information code different from the first information code, one or more memories, and one or more processors in communication with the detection unit and with the one or more memories, wherein the one or more processors and the one or more memories are configured to acquire information regarding the disinfection in response to detection of at least the second information code by the detection unit.

Abstract: An authentication system using an information encoding article that includes an information code, the authentication system includes a detection unit capable of reading the information code, an information acquisition unit configured to acquire first information regarding a concentration distribution in an encoding region before and after the application of an external stimulus, and an authentication unit configured to execute authentication by using at least both second information acquired prior to the first information and regarding the concentration distribution in the encoding region and the first information, wherein the information encoding article having the encoding region where the information code is formed, the concentration distribution in the encoding region, to be read by the detection unit, changing upon application of the external stimulus to the encoding region.

Abstract: A dry vacuum pump regeneration apparatus includes an intake pipe connected to an intake port of a dry vacuum pump; an exhaust pipe connected to an exhaust port of the dry vacuum pump; an auxiliary vacuum pump configured to evacuate an interior of the dry vacuum pump upon being stopped via the exhaust pipe; a plasma generator configured to cause a first gas to pass through the plasma generator to generate a plasma in an atmosphere of the passing first gas, and release a radical of the first gas to the intake port via the intake pipe; a first gas heating device configured to cause a second gas to pass through the first gas heating device, heat the passing second gas, and release the heated second gas to the intake port via the intake pipe; and a bypass pipe connected to the intake pipe and the exhaust pipe.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for producing a microchannel device, which can form a channel that has high hydrophobicity, high solvent resistance as well, and also resistance to heat and damage, on demand with high accuracy, and produces the microchannel device at a low cost, while having high productivity. The method for producing a microchannel device includes: forming a channel pattern from a hydrophobic resin on a porous substrate by an electrophotographic method; melting the channel pattern by heat to allow the channel pattern to permeate into the porous substrate, thereby forming a channel in the inside of the porous substrate.

Abstract: Provided is a microchannel device, which has high hydrophobicity, high mechanical strength, and safety and also has high solvent resistance, and thus has wider applicability. The microchannel device includes a porous substrate having formed therein channel walls each containing a cyclic olefin copolymer that is a copolymer of an alkene and a cyclic olefin.

Abstract: A polymer dye includes at least one repeating unit represented by the following structural formula 1 and at least one selected from the group consisting of repeating units represented by the following structural formulas 2 and 3. Hydrogen peroxide present in or generated through enzymatic reaction in a biological sample can be detected by using the polymer dye.

Abstract: A coloring compound comprises a triphenylmethane structure having specific substituents.

Abstract: Provided is a polymer that can detect a low-molecular weight compound, in particular, 8-OHdG with high sensitivity and can be repeatedly used. Specifically, provided is a polymer including repeating units each represented by the following formula (1). In the formula (1), R1 and R2 are each independent for each repeating unit, R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, and R2 represents a group represented by the following formula (2) in at least one repeating unit, and represents a phenyl group, a hydroxyl group, an amino group, or a carboxyl group in any other repeating unit, and the group may be substituted with an alkyl group. In the formula (2), R3 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group, L represents a divalent linking group, and * represents a site to be bonded to the carbon atom bonding to R1 in formula (1).

Abstract: A compound is represented by the following formula (1). In the compound represented by Formula (1), at least one of R1 to R24 is a group particularly high electron withdrawing property, such as a sulfonic acid group and a carboxylic acid group or a group having the next highest electron withdrawing property to the sulfonic acid group and the carboxylic acid group, such as a halogen atom.

Abstract: Provided is a polymer that can detect a low-molecular weight compound, in particular, 8-OHdG with high sensitivity and can be repeatedly used. Specifically, provided is a polymer including repeating units each represented by the following formula (1). In the formula (1), R1 and R2 are each independent for each repeating unit, R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, and R2 represents a group represented by the following formula (2) in at least one repeating unit, and represents a phenyl group, a hydroxyl group, an amino group, or a carboxyl group in any other repeating unit, and the group may be substituted with an alkyl group. In the formula (2), R3 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group, L represents a divalent linking group, and * represents a site to be bonded to the carbon atom bonding to R1 in formula (1).

Abstract: A compound that improves the dispersibility of pigments in non-water-soluble solvents is provided, the compound having a pigment dispersant, a pigment composition, a pigment dispersion, and a toner wherein the compound has a polymer and a monoazo compound having a certain structure binding to each other.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound capable of improving the dispersibility of color pigments in a water-insoluble solvent; and a pigment-dispersing agent. The present invention also provides a pigment composition, a pigment dispersion, and a toner, which have satisfactory tinting strength. The present invention provides the compound containing a polymer having a monomer unit having a specific chemical structure, the compound having a moiety also having a specific structure.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound and a pigment dispersant, each of which improves the dispersibility of various types of pigments in a non-aqueous solvent and also provides a pigment composition, a pigment dispersion, and a toner, each of which has a preferable coloring power. The compound includes a polymer which has a monomer unit having a specific structure and also includes a specific partial structure.

Abstract: A compound is represented by the following formula (1). In the compound represented by Formula (1), at least one of R1 to R24 is a group particularly high electron withdrawing property, such as a sulfonic acid group and a carboxylic acid group or a group having the next highest electron withdrawing property to the sulfonic acid group and the carboxylic acid group, such as a halogen atom.

Abstract: Provided are a method of producing a compound having a colorant structure suitable for a pigment dispersant, and a pigment dispersant, a pigment composition, a pigment dispersion, and a toner each containing the compound. The production method is a method of producing a compound in which a polymer portion and a colorant portion are bonded to each other through a linking group, the method including the steps of: (a) polymerizing a vinyl-based polymerizable monomer represented by the formula (A) with a radical initiator having a protective group by living radical polymerization to provide a polymer having the protective group at a terminal thereof; (b) hydrolyzing the protective group of the polymer having the protective group at a terminal thereof obtained by the step (a) to deprotect the polymer; and (c) bonding the deprotected polymer obtained by the step (b) and a colorant to each other through a covalent bond.