Abstract: An acrylic rubber composition which contains, with respect to 100 parts by weight of acrylic rubber, a compound which is expressed by the following general formula (1) in 0.1 to 50 parts by weight and a cross-linking agent in 0.05 to 20 parts by weight is provided. (where, in said general formula (1), Y indicates a chemical single bond or —SO2—. Ra and Rb respectively independently indicate substitutable C1 to C30 organic groups. Za and Zb respectively independently indicate chemical single bonds or —SO2—.

Abstract: A condensed heterocyclic compound which is shown by the following formula (I) and a composition containing an (a) organic material and (b) at least one type of the condensed heterocyclic compound are provided. (Y indicates a chemical single bond, —S(?O)—, or —SO2—. Ra and Rb indicate substitutable C1 to C30 organic groups. Za and Zb indicate chemical single bonds or —SO2—. X1 and X2 indicate hydrogen atoms etc. n and m respectively independently indicate integers of 0 to 2, where one of n and m is not 0).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a substrate for EUV lithography optical member, comprising a silica glass containing TiO2, in which the substrate has two opposite surfaces, and the substrate has temperatures at which a coefficient of linear thermal expansion (CTE) is 0 ppb/° C. (Cross-Over Temperature: COT), and in which the two opposite surfaces have difference in the COTs of 5° C. or more.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a TiO2-containing silica glass containing TiO2 in an amount of from 5 to 10 mass % and at least one of B2O3, P2O5 and S in an amount of from 50 ppb by mass to 5 mass % in terms of the total content.

Abstract: The present invention provides a synthetic silica glass for an optical member in which not only a fast axis direction in an optical axis direction is controlled, and a birefringence in an off-axis direction is reduced, but a magnitude of a birefringence in the optical axis direction is controlled to an arbitrary value, such that an average value of a value BR cos 2?xy defined from a birefringence BR and a fast axis direction ?xy as measured from a parallel direction to the principal optical axis direction is defined as an average birefringence AveBR cos 2?xy, and when a maximum value of a birefringence measured from a vertical direction to the principal optical axis direction of the optical member is defined as a maximum birefringence BRmax in an off-axis direction, the following expression (1-1) and expression (2-1) are established: ?1.0?AveBR cos 2?xy<0.0??(1-1) 0.0?BRmax?1.0??(2-1).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for production of a TiO2—SiO2 glass body, comprising a step of, when an annealing point of a TiO2—SiO2 glass body after transparent vitrification is taken as T1(° C.), holding the glass body after transparent vitrification in a temperature region of from T1?90(° C.) to T1?220(° C.) for 120 hours or more.

Abstract: There are provided a novel diarylamine compound represented by the following formula (I), (II) or (III), which has at least one signal attributable to the hydrogen of the N—H moiety at 8.30 ppm to 9.00 ppm when a deuterated dimethyl sulfoxide solution of the diarylamine compound is analyzed by 1H-NMR; and an aging inhibitor, a polymer composition, a crosslinked rubber product and a molded article thereof, and a method of producing a diarylamine compound. In the formulas, A1 to A6 each represent an aromatic group which may have a substituent; A represents an aromatic group or a cyclic aliphatic group, which may both have a substituent; L represents 1 or 2; and n represents 0 or 1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for production of a TiO2—SiO2 glass body, comprising: a step of, when an annealing point of a TiO2—SiO2 glass body after transparent vitrification is taken as T1 (° C.), heating the glass body after transparent vitrification at a temperature of T1+400° C. or more for 20 hours or more; and a step of cooling the glass body after the heating step up to T1?400 (° C.) from T1 (° C.) in an average temperature decreasing rate of 10° C./hr or less.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a glass body containing: hydrolyzing a silicon compound and a compound containing a metal serving as a dopant, in a flame projected from a burner to form glass fine particles; and depositing and growing the formed glass fine particles on a base material, in which a raw material mixed gas containing a gas of the silicon compound, a gas of the compound containing a metal serving as a dopant, and either one of a combustible gas and a combustion supporting gas is fed into a central nozzle (A) positioning in the center of the burner; the other gas of the combustible gas and the combustion supporting gas is fed into a nozzle (B) different from the central nozzle (A) of the burner; a combustible gas or a combustion supporting gas is arbitrarily fed into a nozzle different from the nozzles (A) and (B); and a flow rate of the raw material mixed gas is 50% or more and not more than 90% of the largest flow rate among flow rate(s) of the combustible gas(ses) and the

Abstract: To reduce the change in the refractive index of an irradiated portion of synthetic quartz glass, caused by the irradiation with a high energy light emitted from a light source such as a KrF excimer laser or an ArF excimer laser. A process for producing an optical member made of synthetic quartz glass, wherein the OH group concentration of the optical member is set depending upon the energy density of the laser beam employed, to adjust the ratio R (KJ/cm.sup.2-ppb).sup.-1 of the change in the refractive index of the optical member to the cumulative irradiation energy (KJ/cm.sup.2) by the laser, to be 0.Itoreq.R.Itoreq.0.2, thereby to control the change in the refractive index of the optical member made of synthetic quartz glass by the irradiation with a laser beam to be within a predetermined range.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical member including a TiO2-containing silica glass having: a TiO2 concentration of from 3 to 10% by mass; a Ti3+ concentration of 100 wt ppm or less; a thermal expansion coefficient at from 0 to 100° C., CTE0-100, of 0±150 ppb/° C.; and an internal transmittance in the wavelength range of 400 to 700 nm per a thickness of 1 mm, T400-700, of 80% or more, in which the optical member has a ratio of variation of Ti3+ concentration to an average value of the Ti3+ concentration, ?Ti3+/Ti3+, on an optical use surface, is 0.2 or less.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide an optical fiber preform suitable for the production of an energy-transmitting or ultraviolet light-transmitting optical fiber, which has an excellent transmittance of a high-energy light of 50 KW/cm2 or more in terms of laser peak power or an ultraviolet light, to be transmitted through the optical fiber and which exhibits excellent durability that causes almost no deterioration by the irradiation with those two lights; and a production process thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a synthetic quartz glass having a diameter of 100 mm or more for using in an optical apparatus comprising a light source emitting a light having a wavelength of 250 nm or less, the synthetic quartz glass having, in a region located inward from the periphery thereof by 10 mm or more in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis of the synthetic quartz glass: a birefringence of 0.

Abstract: The present invention provides a synthetic quartz glass having a diameter of 100 mm or more for using in an optical apparatus comprising a light source emitting a light having a wavelength of 250 nm or less, the synthetic quartz glass having, in a region located inward from the periphery thereof by 10 mm or more in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis of the synthetic quartz glass: a birefringence of 0.

Abstract: A carbon nanotube composite material contains a carbon nanotube and a continuous layer of a metal covering the inner surface of the carbon nanotube. It is produced by forming a metallic matrix layer and treating the metallic matrix layer to form plural nanoholes in the metallic matrix layer to thereby form a nanohole structure, the nanoholes extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of the metallic matrix layer; forming carbon nanotubes inside the nanoholes; and covering inner surfaces of the carbon nanotubes with a continuous layer of a metal. It has a well controlled small size, has excellent and uniform physical properties, is resistant to oxidation of the metal with time, is highly chemically stable, has good durability enabling repetitive use, has good coatability, high wettability and dispersibility with other materials, is easily chemically modified, is easily handled and is useful in various fields.

Abstract: To reduce the change in the refractive index of an irradiated portion of synthetic quartz glass, caused by the irradiation with a high energy light emitted from a light source such as a KrF excimer laser or an ArF excimer laser. A process for producing an optical member made of synthetic quartz glass, wherein the OH group concentration of the optical member is set depending upon the energy density of the laser beam employed, to adjust the ratio R (KJ/cm2-ppb)?1 of the change in the refractive index of the optical member to the cumulative irradiation energy (KJ/cm2) by the laser, to be 0?R?0.2, thereby to control the change in the refractive index of the optical member made of synthetic quartz glass by the irradiation with a laser beam to be within a predetermined range.

Abstract: A carbon nanotube composite material contains a carbon nanotube and a continuous layer of a metal covering the inner surface of the carbon nanotube. It is produced by forming a metallic matrix layer and treating the metallic matrix layer to form plural nanoholes in the metallic matrix layer to thereby form a nanohole structure, the nanoholes extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of the metallic matrix layer; forming carbon nanotubes inside the nanoholes; and covering inner surfaces of the carbon nanotubes with a continous layer of a metal. It has a well controlled small size, has excellent and uniform physical properties, is resistant to oxidation of the metal with time, is highly chemically stable, has good durability enabling repetitive use, has good coatability, high wettability and dispersibility with other materials, is easily chemically modified, is easily handled and is useful in various fields.