Abstract: The present invention provides a sulfur-modified polyacrylonitrile, which has a content of sulfur of from 30 mass % to 50 mass %, and satisfies the expression: 4,500<140×x?y<5,200 when the content (mass %) of sulfur is represented by “x”, and an average CT value of the sulfur-modified polyacrylonitrile in X-ray CT is represented by “y”.

Abstract: The present invention provides a ruthenium compound represented by the following general formula (1) or (2), a thin-film forming raw material containing the ruthenium compound, and a method of producing a thin-film including using the thin-film forming raw material: where R1 to R12 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or a fluorine atom-containing group, and “n” represents an integer from 0 to 2, provided that at least one of R1 to R12 represents the fluorine atom-containing group; where R13 to R17 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and a total number of the carbon atoms of R11 to R17 is 3 or more.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an yttrium oxide-containing film by an atomic layer deposition method, including: a step (A) of introducing a raw material gas obtained by vaporizing a thin film-forming raw material containing tris(sec-butylcyclopentadienyl)yttrium into a processing atmosphere to deposit the tris(sec-butylcyclopentadienyl)yttrium on a substrate; and a step (B) of reacting the tris(sec-butylcyclopentadienyl)yttrium deposited on the substrate with a reactive gas containing a gas selected from the group consisting of oxygen plasma, ozone, ozone plasma, and mixtures thereof in the processing atmosphere to oxidize yttrium.

Abstract: Provided are a resin additive composition which is excellent in fluidity and can impart excellent physical properties to a thermoplastic resin, a thermoplastic resin composition, and a molded article thereof. A resin additive composition is composed of a phosphoric acid ester compound (A) represented by the following general formula (1): (in the formula (1), R1 to R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 9 carbon atoms, and R5 represents an alkylidene group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms) and a fatty acid sodium salt (B) represented by the following general formula (2): (in the formula (2), R6 represents a group introduced From an aliphatic organic acid having 7 to 30 carbon atoms), and the mass ratio of (B)/(A) is 0.55 to 2.0.

Abstract: A flame retardant composition according to the present invention is a phosphate-based flame retardant including a (poly)phosphate, in which F and N satisfy 8.0×10?4?F/N?20.0 and F?21.0, assuming that F (ppm) is a content of elemental iron and N (ppm) is a content of elemental sodium in the flame retardant composition as measured in accordance with the following procedure.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing sulfur-modified polyacrylonitrile, including: a step (1) of heating polyacrylonitrile and elemental sulfur in a rotating-type heating container including a discharge pipe and a sulfur vapor recovery unit while rotating the rotating-type heating container; a step (2) of liquefying a sulfur vapor by the sulfur vapor recovery unit while discharging hydrogen sulfide generated in the heating step; and a step (3) of returning the liquefied sulfur to a mixture of the sulfur and the polyacrylonitrile of the step (1).

Abstract: A sheet of biological tissue which includes on at least one side tapered edge portion thinning down in the thickness direction, towards an end thereof, a tubular structure obtained from the sheet, and an artificial blood vessel made up of the tubular structure are provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, including: a current collector; and an electrode active material mixture layer containing an organosulfur electrode active material, a conductive assistant, and a binder, wherein the electrode active material mixture layer contains 0.01 mass % to 0.4 mass % of the binder with respect to a total mass of the electrode active material mixture layer, and wherein the electrode active material mixture layer is formed on the current collector.

Abstract: An organometallic adduct compound and a method of manufacturing an integrated circuit device, the organometallic adduct compound being represented by General Formula (I):

Abstract: A niobium compound and a method of forming a thin film using the niobium compound, the compound being represented by the following General formula I: wherein, in General formula I, R1, R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a C1-C6 linear or branched alkyl group or a C3-C6 cyclic hydrocarbon group, at least one of R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8 being a C1-C6 linear or branched alkyl group, and R2 and R3 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C1-C6 linear or branched alkyl group, or a C3-C6 cyclic hydrocarbon group.

Abstract: A cosmetic composition including component (A), which is an aqueous gelling agent represented by general formula (1) described in the specification, and a component (B), which is a polymeric thickening agent, wherein the component (A) presents a viscosity of an aqueous solution containing 1 mass % of at 25° C. of 1,000 to 5,000 mPa·s and a clouding point of the aqueous solution containing 1 mass % of component (A) of 60° C. to 80° C., and has a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 to 30,000; a method for producing the aqueous gelling agent and a method for producing the cosmetic composition are provided.

Abstract: A polymerizable composition includes an amide compound represented by Formula (1) and a polymerization initiator.

Abstract: A particulate nucleating agent of the present invention is a particulate nucleating agent that contains a compound represented by a predetermined general formula, in which a content of phosphate ions in the particulate nucleating agent, which is obtained by a predetermined measurement procedure, is equal to or more than 5 ppm and equal to or less than 8,000 ppm based on a mass of the compound represented by the predetermined general formula.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing copper powder according to the present invention includes: a first step of reducing copper particles in water by using at least one compound selected from the group consisting of potassium borohydride, sodiumborohydride, and lithium borohydride; after the first step, a second step of washing with water; a third step of washing copper powder obtained in the second step with at least one compound selected from the group consisting of ether compounds and alcohol compounds; and a fourth step of bringing the copper powder obtained in the third step into contact with an organic acid solution, in which at least one compound selected from the group consisting of ether compounds and alcohol compounds is used as a solvent.

Abstract: There is provided a photocurable adhesive which is capable of reducing the amount of gas discharged from the cured product. A photocurable adhesive is formulated to be curable by laser light irradiation, The photocurable adhesive contains an epoxy adhesive component, and a light-absorbing component configured to generate heat by laser light irradiation.

Abstract: The present invention provides a lubricating oil additive, including: a molybdenum compound (A) represented by the following general formula (1); and a sulfur-based composition (B) containing a sulfur-based compound (b-1) represented by the following general formula (2) and at least one kind of sulfur-based compound (b-2) represented by the following general formula (3) or (4), and a lubricating oil composition containing the additive. In the formula (1), R1 to R4 each represent alkyl groups having 6 to 18 carbon atoms, the groups being identical to or different from each other, and X1 to X4 each independently represent an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom. In the formula (2), R5 and R6 each represent alkyl groups having 3 to 24 carbon atoms, the groups being identical to or different from each other, and “a” and “b” each represent a number from 1 to 5.

Abstract: A hair cosmetic composition including component (A), which is an aqueous gelling agent represented by general formula (1) described in the specification, and a component (B), which includes either one of or both of a cationic surfactant and a cationic polymer, wherein the component (A) presents a viscosity of an aqueous solution containing 1 mass % of at 25° C. of 1,000 to 5,000 mPa·s and a clouding point of the aqueous solution containing 1 mass % of component (A) of 60° C. to 80° C., and has a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 to 30,000; a method for producing the aqueous gelling agent and a method for producing the hair cosmetic composition are provided.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for preparing ambrein, which can easily and efficiently obtain the ambrein. The object can be solved by a mutated tetraprenyl-?-curcumene cyclase wherein (1) a 4th amino acid residue of a DXDD motif, aspartic acid, is substituted with an amino acid other than aspartic acid, and (2) an amino acid adjacent to the N-terminus of a (A/S/G)RX(H/N)XXP motif is substituted with an amino acid other than tyrosine, or a 4th amino acid of the GXGX(G/A/P) motif is substituted with an amino acid other than leucine.

Abstract: The present invention provides an acrylate-based copolymer obtained by polymerizing constituent monomers including a polymerizable monomer (a) consisting of an alkyl acrylate-based monomer represented by the following general formula (1) in an amount of from 10 mol % to 95 mol % with respect to a total number of moles of the constituent monomers, a polymerizable monomer (b) consisting of an alkylene glycol acrylate-based monomer represented by the following general formula (2) in an amount of from 5 mol % to 50 mol % with respect to the total number of moles of the constituent monomers, and at least one kind of polymerizable monomer (c) selected from the group consisting of an aromatic vinyl-based monomer (c-1) and a short-chain alkyl acrylate-based monomer (c-2) represented by the following general formula (3) in an amount of from 0 mol % to 60 mol % with respect to the total number of moles of the constituent monomers.

Abstract: The present invention provides a lubricating oil additive, including: a molybdenum compound (A) represented by the following general formula (1); and a sulfur-based composition (B) containing a sulfur-based compound (b-1) represented by the following general formula (2) and at least one kind of sulfur-based compound (b-2) represented by the following general formula (3) or (4), and a lubricating oil composition containing the additive. In the formula (1), R1 to R4 each represent alkyl groups having 6 to 18 carbon atoms, the groups being identical to or different from each other, and X1 to X4 each independently represent an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom. In the formula (2), R5 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 22 carbon atoms, R6 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R7 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and “a” represents a number from 1 to 10.