Abstract: A particle-dispersed polyimide precursor solution contains: a polyimide precursor consisting of a polymer of a tetracarboxylic dianhydride and a diamine containing a fluorene-based diamine having a fluorene skeleton; particles; and an aqueous solvent containing water.

Abstract: A coated cutting tool has a hard coating on a surface of a base material. The hard coating is a nitride of Al, Cr, and Si in which Al is 50 atom % or more, Cr is 30 atom % or more, and Si is 1 atom % or more and 5 atom % or less. The hard coating contains 0.02 atom % or less of Ar, and the atomic ratio A and the atomic ratio B of nitrogen satisfy the relationship of 1.02?B/A?1.10, and a diffraction peak originating from the (111) plane of a face-centered cubic lattice structure shows the maximum intensity. In the cross-sectional observation of the hard coating, the number of droplets having an equivalent circle diameter of 3 ?m or more is less than 1 per 100 ?m2. The surface of the hard coating has an arithmetical mean curvature Spc value of 5000 or less.

Abstract: Provided is a coated cutting tool that has a nitride hard coating that contains Ti at 70 at % to 95 at % and Si at 5 at % to 30 at % with respect to the total amount of metallic elements, and Ar at 0.05 at % to 0.20 at % with respect to the total amount of metallic and non-metallic elements, has a NaCl-type crystalline structure, exhibits maximum diffraction peak intensity in the (200) plane, and has an average grain size of 5 nm to 30 nm. When 100 at % is defined as the total of content rates of the metallic elements, nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon in a composition at intervals of 20 nm from a depth of 20 nm to 200 nm from a surface of the hard coating, the content rate of nitrogen is 50.0 at % or more.

Abstract: An all-solid-state battery includes a positive electrode active material layer containing a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode active material layer containing a negative electrode active material; and a solid electrolyte layer containing a solid electrolyte and a porous polyimide film which holds the solid electrolyte. The porous polyimide film has a void ratio of 60% or more and 80% or less and a pore diameter of 0.1 ?m or more and 10 ?m or less.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a non-reactive PVD coating process for producing an aluminium-rich AlxTi1?xN-based thin film having an aluminium content of >75 at-% based on the total amount of aluminium and titanium in the thin film, a cubic crystal structure, and a columnar microstructure, wherein ceramic targets are used as a material source for the aluminium-rich AlxTi1?xN-based thin film.

Abstract: A flush toilet is provided with a toilet main unit and a functional unit. The toilet main unit has a toilet bowl and an upper surface portion on which a recessed portion is formed. The functional unit is provided on the rear side of the toilet bowl and offers a function different from a function for washing the toilet bowl. The functional unit is able to move between an entering position where at least a portion of the functional unit is located inside the recessed portion and a retreating position where the entire functional unit is located outside the recessed portion.

Abstract: A polyimide laminated film includes a porous polyimide layer that has a porosity of from 30% to 90% and pores having a spherical shape and a non-porous polyimide layer that has a porosity of 5% or less.

Abstract: A capacity deterioration caused when charging and discharging cycles are repeated in a capacitor that includes a polarizable electrode is suppressed. An electrode foil includes a collector 7 and an electrode active substance layer 3. The electrode active substance layer 3 is formed on a surface of the collector 7. This electrode active substance layer 3 is divided by a dividing portion 32 into a plurality of small regions 31. The electrode foil is applicable for a positive electrode foil, or the positive-electrode foil and a negative-electrode foil, and suppresses a capacity deterioration in an electric double-layer capacitor or in a hybrid capacitor.

Abstract: A flush toilet includes: a toilet main body; a rim which is provided on an upper portion of a toilet bowl of the toilet main body and which flows a flush water into the toilet bowl; and a water level detection sensor which is provided inside the rim.

Abstract: A small-diameter drill in which is a double margin having a diameter of 2 mm or less and a ratio of a margin length to a diameter of 3 or more, in which the margin length L in an axial direction from an outer peripheral end of a cutting edge to the rear ends of first and second margin parts and a ratio L/D to a diameter D are 3 or more, in which at least a surface of a chip discharge groove is provided with a hard coating made of nitride, in which a surface of the hard coating in the chip discharge groove has skewness (Ssk) defined in ISO25178 of less than 0, and in which the number of droplets having an equivalent circle diameter of 1.0 ?m or more is 5 or less per 100 ?m2 in cross-section observation of the hard coating.

Abstract: A polyimide precursor-containing aqueous composition contains at least one polymer material selected from the group consisting of a water-insoluble fibrous organic substance and a polyalkylene oxide having a viscosity-average molecular weight of 5 million or more, a polyimide precursor, particles, and water.

Abstract: A polyimide precursor solution includes: a polyimide precursor; a resin particle having 55% by weight or more of a structural unit derived from a styrene derivative; and a mixed solvent containing a first organic solvent (S1) and a second organic solvent (S2), wherein the polyimide precursor solution satisfies the following conditions (1) to (4), condition (1): a weight ratio (S1/S2) of the first organic solvent (S1) to the second organic solvent (S2) is from 50/50 to 90/10, condition (2): a HSP distance between the first organic solvent (S1) and the resin particle is 11 or more and less than 16, condition (3): a HSP distance between the second organic solvent (S2) and the resin particle is 16 or more, and condition (4): a HSP distance between the mixed solvent and the polyimide precursor is 12 or less.

Abstract: A porous polyimide film has plural pores, in which an average flattening of the plural pores is within a range of 0.1 to 0.7, a coefficient of variation of a distance between adjacent pores is within a range of 0.10 to 0.40, and a front surface and aback surface communicate with each other through the plural pores.

Abstract: A polyimide precursor solution includes a polyimide precursor; an imidazole compound; a tertiary amine compound other than the imidazole compound; and an aqueous solvent containing water, in which a ratio of the number of moles of the imidazole compound to the number of moles of a tetracarboxylic dianhydride component of the polyimide precursor is 0.5 or more and less than 1.6, a ratio of the number of moles of the tertiary amine compound to the number of moles of the imidazole compound is within a range of 0.3 to 6.0, and a content of the water is 50% by mass or more with respect to the aqueous solvent.

Abstract: Effectively control the temperature of a control unit of a railway equipment inspecting and measuring apparatus, and install the control unit of the railway equipment inspecting and measuring on the roof of the passenger car. The first space is formed between the control unit and the heat insulating case. The second space is formed between the heat insulating case and the cover. In the first space, heat is conducted between the air in the first space and the heat exchange element by the first heat conducting member, and the first fan causes circulation of the air in the first space. In the second space, heat is conducted between the air in the second space and the heat exchange element by the second heat conducting member, and the air inside the second space is diffused by blowing the air from a suction port into the second space with the second fan.

Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate. An outermost surface layer of the electrophotographic photoreceptor contains a fluorine-based graft polymer and a fluorine-containing resin particle. The fluorine-based graft polymer includes at least a first structural unit that does not have an acidic group with a pKa of 3 or less but has a fluorine atom, a second structural unit derived from a macromonomer, and a third structural unit having the acidic group with a pKa of 3 or less.

Abstract: A remote control system including a robot arm, an imaging apparatus, a base part, and a remote controller for remotely controlling the robot arm. The robot arm is fitted to the base part. The imaging apparatus is fitted to the base part and provided near a head of a wearer. The base part is fitted to an upper half of a body of the wearer, the upper half of the body being exemplified by a back. The robot arm and the imaging apparatus are communicably connected to the remote controller. The remote controller controls the robot arm based on an image received from the imaging apparatus.

Abstract: The battery is provided. The battery includes an electrode. The electrode includes a current collector and an active material layer provided on an inside surface of the current collector. The active material layer includes a first region and a second region, where the second region includes an area density lower than the first region, and the second region is provided in a winding-back portion of the active material layer.

Abstract: A hard coating film of a coated cutting tool contains Al within a range of 70 at % to 80 at % and Ti within a range of 20 at % to 30 at % with respect to a total amount of metallic (including metalloid) elements, and contains Ar of 0.50 at % or less with respect to a total amount of the metallic elements (including metalloid) and nonmetallic elements. The film has a diffraction peak due to each of a TiN (111) plane, a TiN (200) plane, and a TiN (220) plane of an fcc structure and an AlN (100) plane and an AlN (002) plane of a hcp structure, in which the diffraction peak of the TiN (200) plane indicates a maximum intensity and an intensity of the diffraction peak due to the TiN (111) plane is next thereafter. The average crystal grain size is within a range of 5 nm to 50 nm.

Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate. An outermost surface layer of the electrophotographic photoreceptor contains a fluorine-based graft polymer and a fluorine-containing resin particle. The fluorine-based graft polymer includes at least a first structural unit that does not have an acidic group with a pKa of 3 or less but has a fluorine atom, a second structural unit derived from a macromonomer, and a third structural unit having the acidic group with a pKa of 3 or less.