Abstract: A substrate with film and a glass for forming such a film are provided, wherein the film has high gas barrier property, high transmittance in visible light region, and high productivity since the film provides effective gas barrier property even if the film is a single layer. A substrate with film having an inorganic amorphous film having a softening temperature of from 100 to 800° C. formed on at least one surface of a substrate; or a substrate with film having an inorganic amorphous film having a glass transition temperature of from 50 to 500° C. formed on at least one surface of a substrate. Further, a glass for forming film composed of a borate glass containing B2O3 as the main component, a phosphate glass containing P2O5, a tellurite type composition containing TeO2 as the main component, a bismuth oxide type composition containing Bi2O3 as the main component or a chalcogenide type composition containing at least one type of element selected from the group consisting of S, Se and Te.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an isocyanate group-terminated urethane prepolymer which has a low viscosity at melting and a process for producing the same, and an adhesive which comprises the urethane prepolymer and has such good workability that the adhesive in a molten state can be easily applied to substrates. The invention relates to a process for producing an isocyanate group-terminated urethane prepolymer which comprises reacting a polyol with a polyisocyanate compound, wherein the polyols comprise 10 to 60% by mass of a polyester polyol and 90 to 40% by mass of a polycarbonate polyol and a sebacic acid-derived polyester polyol which is a polycondensate of sebacic acid with a diol compound accounts for 50 to 100% by mass of the polyester polyol and wherein the polyisocyanate compound and the polyols are reacted in such amounts that the ratio (by mol) of the isocyanate group/hydroxyl group is 1.2 to 3.2.

Abstract: To provide a laminated glass for a vehicle window which can prevent the temperature increase in a vehicle. A laminated glass for a vehicle window which comprises a glass plate 12 to be disposed on the car exterior side when the laminated glass 1 is assembled in a vehicle, and an infrared reflection film 21 provided on the side of an infrared shielding interlayer 30 having infrared shielding fine particles dispersed therein, of the glass plate 12, wherein the reflectance to light at all wavelengths of from 900 to 1,100 nm is from 30 to 50%, the absorptivity to light at all wavelengths of from 1,100 to 1,300 nm is from 35 to 60%, and the transmittance to light at all wavelengths of from 900 to 1,500 nm is at most 30%.

Abstract: The efficiency of production of a heterologous protein by a transformant of a yeast host is improved. A method of constructing a host for expression of a foreign gene which comprises deleting or inactivating at least one gene selected from the protease-associated genes (especially, metalloprotease genes and serine protease genes) of Schizosaccharomyces pombe, a host in which the above-mentioned gene is deleted or inactivated, a transformant obtained by introducing a foreign gene into the host and a method of producing a heterologous protein using the transformant. The protease-associated gene is at least one gene selected from the group consisting of psp3 (SPAC1006.01), is sxa2 (SPAC1296.03c), ppp51 (SPAC22G7.01c) and ppp52 (SPBC18A7.01) or at least two genes selected from the group consisting of metalloprotease genes and serine protease genes, especially, three genes psp3 (SPAC1006.01), isp6 (SPAC4A8.04) and ppp53 (SPAP14E8.04).

Abstract: To provide a method for producing a melt-processable fluororesin, which is capable of increasing the molecular weight of the fluororesin and preventing coloration of the fluororesin, by using a specific fluorinated emulsifier other than ammonium perfluorooctanoate. A method for producing a melt-processable fluororesin which is characterized in that a fluorinated monomer is emulsion-polymerized in an aqueous medium containing a fluorinated emulsifier of a formula (1) XCF2CF2(O)mCF2CF2OCF2COOA wherein X is a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom, A is a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal or NH4, and m is an integer of 0 or 1.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device eliminating an uneven display is presented. A D-STN type liquid crystal display device has a compensation cell and a liquid crystal cell for display wherein a difference between the average thicknesses of at least two adjacent glass substrates among glass substrates existing in the compensation cell and the liquid crystal cell for display is 4 ?m or more, and preferably not more than 50 ?m.

Abstract: To provide a high reflection mirror which exhibits a high reflectance in a visible light region and which has moisture resistance, in particular, being capable of retaining the high reflectance and high resistance to hydrogen sulfide even after being exposed to high temperature and high humidity conditions. A high reflection mirror comprising a substrate and a silver film formed thereon, characterized in that a protective film is formed on the topmost surface of the high reflection mirror, and the protective film has an extinction coefficient of at most 0.1, and the protective film is a carbon film. It is preferred that an underlayer is formed on the substrate side of the silver film, and it is preferred that the underlayer is a titanium oxide film, and the titanium oxide film is formed from an oxygen-deficient target.

Abstract: In polishing of a surface to be polished in production of a semiconductor integrated circuit device, it is possible to obtain a flat surface of an insulating layer having an embedded metal wiring. Further, it is possible to obtain a semiconductor integrated circuit device having a highly planarized multilayer structure. A polishing compound for chemical mechanical polishing to polish a surface to be polished for a semiconductor integrated circuit device, which comprises abrasive particles (A) having an average primary particle size in a range of from 5 to 300 nm and an association ratio in the polishing compound in a range from 1.5 to 5, an oxidizing agent (B), a protective film-forming agent (C), an acid (D), a basic compound (E) and water (F).

Abstract: To provide a laminate having a high reflectance in the entire visible region and having excellent durability such as moisture resistance and salt water resistance. A laminate comprising a substrate, and a silver film, an adhesion-improving film, a low refractive index film and a high refractive index film formed in this order on the substrate, wherein at least a layer on the adhesion-improving film side in the low refractive index film is formed by a radio frequency sputtering method by means of an oxide target using a sputtering gas containing nitrogen, the adhesion improving film has an extinction coefficient of at most 0.1 and has a thickness of from 0.5 to 4 nm, the low refractive index film has an extinction coefficient of at most 0.01, and the high refractive index film has an extinction coefficient of at most 0.01.

Abstract: To provide a dispersion of hollow SiO2, capable of obtaining, when formed into a coating composition, an antireflection film having high antireflection properties and low chroma saturation by forming a low refractive index coating film having a refractive index gradient. A dispersion of fine silica particles, having agglomerated particles which are agglomerates of primary fine particles of hollow SiO2 dispersed in a dispersion medium, wherein the average particle size of the agglomerated particles is within a range of from 60 to 400 nm, and the average particle size is at least 1.5 times the average primary particle size of the silica. When a coating composition containing the dispersion is to be obtained, the matrix component is preferably a precursor of a metal oxide or an organic resin. By applying the coating composition to a substrate, a substrate with an antireflection coating film is obtained.

Abstract: A photocurable composition capable of producing a micropattern-formed product efficiently, which is excellent in physical properties such as heat resistance, chemical resistance, releasability and optical characteristics (transmittance and low refractive index), and a process for producing a micropattern-formed product, capable of highly precisely transferring a micropattern of a mold to its surface are provided. A photocurable composition which comprises from 50 to 98 mass % of a monomer containing no fluorine atom and having a viscosity at 25° C. of from 0.1 to 100 mPa·s, from 0.1 to 45 mass % of a fluoromonomer, from more than 0.1 to 20 mass % of a fluorinated surfactant and/or a fluoropolymer and from 1 to 10 mass % of a photopolymerization initiator, and contains substantially no solvent.

Abstract: To provide a laminate for a flexible printed wiring board excellent in signal response in the high frequency region. A laminate for a flexible printed wiring board having a three-layer laminated structure where a reinforcing layer (A), an electrical insulator layer (B) and an electrical conductor layer (C) are laminated in this order, wherein the electrical insulator layer (B) is made of a fluorocopolymer comprising repeating units (a) based on tetrafluoroethylene and/or chlorotrifluoroethylene, repeating units (b) based on a fluoromonomer excluding tetrafluoroethylene and chlorotrifluoroethylene, and repeating units (c) based on a monomer having an acid anhydride residue and the electrical conductor layer (C) has a surface roughness of at most 10 ?m on the side being in contact with the electrical insulator layer (B). The laminate for a flexible printed wiring board is excellent in signal response in the high frequency region and excellent in flex resistance.

Abstract: It is to obtain a silica glass suitable as a material for an optical material constituting an optical system to be used for EUVL, which has a low coefficient of thermal expansion from 0 to 100° C., and on which formation of concave defects is suppressed in a polishing step to achieve a high level of flatness. A silica glass containing from 0.1 to 10 mass % of Sn calculated as SnO2 and from 3 to 10 mass % of Ti calculated as TiO2, which has a homogeneity of the coefficient of thermal expansion from 0 to 100° C. to the temperature of from 50 to 200 ppb/° C., a coefficient of thermal expansion from 0 to 100° C. of 0±250 ppb/° C., and a Vickers hardness of at most 650.

Abstract: A multilayer laminate containing a laminate (I)/(II) formed by directly bonding by means of thermal lamination or the like, a layer (I) made of a fluororesin (A) with a functional group (a) and a layer (II) made of a thermoplastic resin (B) with a functional group (b) capable of forming a chemical bond by reacting with the functional group (a) of the fluororesin, wherein the fluororesin (A) has a low melting point of from 120 to 230° C. The laminate may, for example, be a multiplayer laminate containing a layer obtained by directly laminating a layer (I) made of a fluororesin (A) containing an acid anhydride residue (for example, a tetrafluoroethylene/ethylene/hexafluoropropylene/(perfluorobutyl)ethylene)/itaconic anhydride copolymer) and a layer (II) made of an amine-modified thermoplastic resin (B) (for example, a polyurethane modified with a silane coupling agent containing an amino group). The laminate is excellent in interlayer adhesion and productivity.

Abstract: To provide a method for producing a fluorinated compound having a fluorosulfonyl group by coupling reaction. A method for producing a compound represented by the formula [(FSO2-)a(Z-)3-aC—]nR(—COY)b-n, which comprises subjecting a compound represented by the formula (FSO2-)a(Z-)3-aC(—COX) and a compound represented by the formula R(—COY)b to photocoupling reaction when X and Y are a fluorine atom or to electrolytic coupling reaction when X and Y are each independently a hydroxyl group or a group represented by the formula —OM, provided that X and Y are a fluorine atom, a hydroxyl group or a group represented by the formula —OM, Z is a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom or a monovalent organic group, R is a b-valent organic group, M is an alkali metal atom, “a” is an integer of from 1 to 3, and “b” and “n” are each independently an integer of from 1 to 4, provided that b?n.

Abstract: To provide a flexible polyurethane foam having good vibration characteristics and suitable particularly for a seat for an automobile. A flexible polyurethane foam obtained by reacting a polyol composition with a polyisocyanate compound in the presence of a catalyst, a blowing agent and a foam stabilizer, characterized in that the polyol composition comprises a high molecular weight polyoxyalkylene polyol (A) and a polymer-dispersed polyol (C) containing fine polymer particles in a high molecular weight polyoxyalkylene polyol (B), and at least part of the fine polymer particles are fine polymer particles obtained by polymerizing a monomer containing a fluorinated acrylate or a fluorinated methacrylate.

Abstract: To provide a curable composition to form a cured fluorinated product excellent in light resistance, transparency, moisture resistance and adhesive properties, and a novel adamantane compound. A liquid curable composition which comprises a fluoropolymer having a group capable of reacting with an epoxy group or an acid anhydride and containing polymerized units based on a fluoroolefin and polymerized units based on a hydrocarbon monomer, a fluorinated compound having an epoxy group, and an acid anhydride. An adamantane compound having from one to four of hydrogen atoms in the adamantine ring substituted by a glycidyl ether group and at least six of the remaining hydrogen atoms substituted by a fluorine atom.

Abstract: An imaging lens is provided, whose lens characteristics can be switched between e.g. normal imaging and close-up imaging without requiring mechanically movable mechanism or attachment/removal of another lens. Switching of lens function is realized by combining a liquid crystal diffraction lens and a refractive lens and applying a voltage to a liquid crystal layer of the liquid crystal lens. The liquid crystal lens is constituted by two liquid crystal lenses that are laminated together so that their polarization directions producing lens functions are perpendicular to each other, which suppresses chromatic aberration and achieves good imaging characteristics by appropriately selecting focal lengths and Abbe numbers.

Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a variable light transmission device and projection display apparatus in which vibrations and noises are not generated, which is superior in light blocking property to a variable aperture using polymer-dispersed liquid crystal, and in which a color change of a projected image can be reduced as compared with a conventional variable aperture using liquid crystal.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a float bath and a float forming method which are capable of forming a glass having a high forming temperature without shortening the life of a strap for power feeding to a heater. The invention relates to a float bath which comprises a bottom filled with molten tin and a roof covering the bottom and in which the space in the roof is divided into an upper space and a lower space by a roof brick layer and a heater is disposed so as to penetrate a hole formed in the roof brick layer, wherein a heater end part located in the upper space has a feeding part having a strap attached thereto for feeding power to the heater, and wherein the heater end part is constituted so as to satisfy the following relationship: S?k·?k+S?n·?n?3,630 mm2, when the surface area and emissivity of the feeding part are expressed by S?k and ?k, respectively, and the surface area and emissivity of the heater end part excluding the feeding part are expressed by S?n and ?n, respectively.