Abstract: A stage driving device includes a secured section; a movable section supported movably along a movement plane relative to the secured section; a driver including a magnet at one of the secured section and the movable section and a coil at the other one of the secured section and the movable section; a magnetic sensor at one of the secured section and the movable section provided with the coil, the magnetic sensor configured to detect a position of the movable section with respect to the secured section; and a magnetic body at the one of the secured section and the movable section provided with the coil, the magnetic body configured to make the position of the movable section stable with respect to the secured section in a direction perpendicular to the movement plane using a magnetic force that acts between the magnetic body and the magnet.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ink-jet printing method using an apparatus including a printing means for ejecting a black ink to a printing substrate to print characters or images on the printing substrate, and a drying means disposed on a downstream side of a transportation direction of the printing substrate, in which the printing substrate is a label printing substrate; the black ink is a water-based composite black ink; the water-based composite black ink contains a composite black pigment containing carbon black, and a content of the carbon black in the composite black pigment is not more than 25% by mass; and the drying means is an infrared heater for heating the water-based composite black ink ejected onto the printing substrate to a temperature of not lower than 95° C. and not higher than 125° C.

Abstract: A stage driving device includes a secured section; a movable section supported movably along a movement plane relative to the secured section; a driver including a magnet at one of the secured section and the movable section and a coil at the other one of the secured section and the movable section; a magnetic sensor at one of the secured section and the movable section provided with the coil, the magnetic sensor configured to detect a position of the movable section with respect to the secured section; and a magnetic body at the one of the secured section and the movable section provided with the coil, the magnetic body configured to make the position of the movable section stable with respect to the secured section in a direction perpendicular to the movement plane using a magnetic force that acts between the magnetic body and the magnet.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a method for producing a vinyl ether polymer having a hydroxyl group on the side chain, wherein the vinyl ether polymer having a low viscosity and excellent workability and processability is produced in a simple and efficient method. [Means for solving problem] The present invention relates to a method for producing a vinyl ether polymer having a hydroxyl group on the side chain, characterized in that vinyl ether comprising a hydroxyl group is subjected to radical polymerization by using an oil-soluble azo polymerization initiator, in the presence of a mixed solvent comprising water and an organic solvent selected from alcohol or cyclic ether radical polymerization.

Abstract: A method for producing a hydroxyl group-containing vinyl ether polymer according to the present invention includes: a step of radical polymerizing at least one vinyl ether selected from vinyl ether having a hydroxyl group represented by the following formula (2): wherein R7 represents an alkylene group which is straight-chained, branched or comprises an alicyclic structure, and p is 1, 2, or 3, in the presence of water as a polymerization solvent and an azo compound represented by the following formula (1) as a polymerization initiator: wherein R1 to R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group and R5 and R6 each independently represent an alkoxy group optionally having a substituent group or an alkyl amino group optionally having a substituent group.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ink-jet printing method using an apparatus including a printing means for ejecting a black ink to a printing substrate to print characters or images on the printing substrate, and a drying means disposed on a downstream side of a transportation direction of the printing substrate, in which the printing substrate is a label printing substrate; the black ink is a water-based composite black ink; the water-based composite black ink contains a composite black pigment containing carbon black, and a content of the carbon black in the composite black pigment is not more than 25% by mass; and the drying means is an infrared heater for heating the water-based composite black ink ejected onto the printing substrate to a temperature of not lower than 95° C. and not higher than 125° C.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an environmental test apparatus which can directly set an environmental change rate and hardly causes input errors. Change amount information associated with a total change amount and change rate information associated with a change amount per unit time can be input. A target locus of change can be set by using a change amount/change rate setting method of setting the target locus of change based on a combination of change amount information and change rate information. When setting the target locus of change by the change amount/change rate setting method, input of time information is inhibited.

Abstract: A biocompatible material, which has excellent film formation properties and resistance to water dissolution, and is easily applied on various bases as a coating, while having excellent antithrombotic properties, and to provide an antithrombotic coating agent and an antithrombotic coating film produced by using the biocompatible material, and a medical device provided with the antithrombotic coating film. A copolymer, containing at least one repeating unit (A) represented by formula (1) (wherein, n represents an integer of 2 to 10 and R1 represents a methyl group or an ethyl group), and at least one repeating unit (B) represented by formula (2) (wherein R2 represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon group); an antithrombotic coating agent containing the copolymer and an organic solvent; an antithrombotic coating film formed of the copolymer; and a medical device provided with the coating film.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an environmental test apparatus which can directly set an environmental change rate and hardly causes input errors. Change amount information associated with a total change amount and change rate information associated with a change amount per unit time can be input. A target locus of change can be set by using a change amount/change rate setting method of setting the target locus of change based on a combination of change amount information and change rate information. When setting the target locus of change by the change amount/change rate setting method, input of time information is inhibited.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a method for producing a vinyl ether polymer having a hydroxyl group on the side chain, wherein the vinyl ether polymer having a low viscosity and excellent workability and processability is produced in a simple and efficient method. [Means for solving problem] The present invention relates to a method for producing a vinyl ether polymer having a hydroxyl group on the side chain, characterized in that vinyl ether comprising a hydroxyl group is subjected to radical polymerization by using an oil-soluble azo polymerization initiator, in the presence of a mixed solvent comprising water and an organic solvent selected from alcohol or cyclic ether radical polymerization.

Abstract: A method for producing poly(dimethyl vinylphosphonate) from a monomer component mainly containing dimethyl vinylphosphonate by anionic polymerization in the presence of an anionic polymerization initiator, the method being characterized in that an aliphatic ether is used as a polymerization solvent, and a method for producing poly(vinylphosphonic acid) characterized in that the poly(dimethyl vinylphosphonate) obtained by the former method is hydrolyzed in the presence of an acid are provided. The methods make it possible to easily produce a poly(dimethyl vinylphosphonate) which has a high molecular weight and in which the molecular weight is controlled, and make it possible to produce a poly(vinylphosphonic acid) which has a high molecular weight and in which the molecular weight is controlled corresponding to the poly(dimethyl vinylphosphonate).

Abstract: A method for producing a hydroxyl group-containing vinyl ether polymer according to the present invention includes: a step of radical polymerizing at least one vinyl ether selected from vinyl ether having a hydroxyl group represented by the following formula (2): wherein R7 represents an alkylene group which is straight-chained, branched or comprises an alicyclic structure, and p is 1, 2, or 3, in the presence of water as a polymerization solvent and an azo compound represented by the following formula (1) as a polymerization initiator: wherein R1 to R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group and R5 and R6 each independently represent an alkoxy group optionally having a substituent group or an alkyl amino group optionally having a substituent group.

Abstract: A star-shaped vinyl ether polymer, comprising a central core and an arm portion bonded to the central core, wherein: the arm portion comprises a repeating unit derived from a vinyl ether monomer; the star-shaped vinyl ether polymer comprises a structure represented by the following Formula (1): —Y—Ar1—N?N—Ar2??(1); wherein Y represents an ether bond, a thioether bond, a group —NH—, or a group —OR1—*, R1 represents an alkylene group, * represents a position bonded to Ar1 in Formula (I), Ar1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group, and Ar2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent aromatic hydrocarbon group; and particularly the central core is formed by crosslinking of a polyfunctional coupling agent, wherein the polyfunctional coupling agent is a compound represented by the following Formula (3): wherein R5 to R8 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and R9 represents a divalent organic group.

Abstract: A method for producing poly(dimethyl vinylphosphonate) from a monomer component mainly containing dimethyl vinylphosphonate by anionic polymerization in the presence of an anionic polymerization initiator, the method being characterized in that an aliphatic ether is used as a polymerization solvent, and a method for producing poly(vinylphosphonic acid) characterized in that the poly(dimethyl vinylphosphonate) obtained by the former method is hydrolyzed in the presence of an acid are provided. The methods make it possible to easily produce a poly(dimethyl vinylphosphonate) which has a high molecular weight and in which the molecular weight is controlled, and make it possible to produce a poly(vinylphosphonic acid) which has a high molecular weight and in which the molecular weight is controlled corresponding to the poly(dimethyl vinylphosphonate).

Abstract: Provided are a metal nanoparticle composite which exhibits excellent stability over time and retention stability and is useful as a raw material for a metal nanoparticle-dispersed film, a method for producing the composite, a metal nanoparticle dispersion liquid, a composition for forming a metal nanoparticle-dispersed film, and a metal nanoparticle-dispersed film. Disclosed is a metal nanoparticle composite comprising (A) a star-shaped polymer having a central core and arms bonded to the central core, the arms comprising a repeating unit represented by the following formula (1) and a repeating unit represented by the following formula (2); and (B) metal nanoparticles supported thereon: wherein in the formula (1), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and in the formula (2), R2 represents a methyl group or an ethyl group; and k represents an integer from 1 to 10.

Abstract: Provided are a vinyl ether polymer which can exert temperature responsiveness even in the case of being supported on a highly hydrophobic fibrous substrate, an agent for controlling hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity containing the polymer, a method for controlling hydrophilicity and the hydrophobicity using the polymer, and a polymer-substrate composite having the polymer supported on a substrate.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device including, a display, an image mode determination module and a display characteristic setting module. The display configured to display. The image mode determination module configured to determine a mode of an image signal. The display characteristic setting module configured to set a display characteristic of the display, based on a result of the determination of the image mode determination module, to either a first characteristic applied to a first display mode or a second characteristic applied to a second display mode.

Abstract: A line monitoring apparatus includes a state change detection number counter configured to count a state change detection number that is a number of a state change in a line being detected by a first type detecting process; and a state change frequency determiner configured to determine whether or not the state change detection number counted per a predetermined unit time exceeds a predetermined threshold value, wherein when the state change detection number counted per the unit time exceeds the threshold value, the detecting process of detecting a state change in the line is changed from the first type detecting process to a second type detecting process.

Abstract: A camera body (1) of the present invention is provided with a concave portion (1A) in which an imaging unit (2) including a rectangular solid shaped case (2a) having an optical system and an imaging device is detachably disposed. When the case (2a) is viewed from a front side in a state where the case (2a) is disposed in the concave portion (1A), the camera body (1) includes a back face portion (1B) having a back face wall (4) located on the back of the case (2a) and facing a back face of the case (2a), a side face portion (1C) having a side face wall (6) facing a side face of the case (2a), and an upper face portion (1D) having an upper face wall (5) facing an upper face of the case (2a). The concave portion (1A) is defined by the back face wall (4), the side face wall (6), and the upper face wall (5), and is open on three sides where the remaining faces of the case (2a) are located at the time of attachment.

Abstract: An MVA mode liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules having negative dielectric constant anisotropy held between a first substrate and a second substrate. It includes a structural body which controls an alignment direction of the liquid crystal molecules to form a multi-domain in each of pixels. The structural body includes a first structural body which overlaps a light-blocking wiring line, and a second structural body which is disposed in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first structural body and is narrower than the first structural body.