Abstract: The present invention provides a method for printing energy curable ink and coating compositions that comprise high amounts of multifunctional monomers, achieving cured inks and coatings that exhibit good adhesion to plastic substrates, good resistance when cured, and low amounts of uncured, migratable monomers. The method of the present invention employs electron beam curing of the ink and coating compositions, at accelerating voltages greater than or equal to 70 keV, and electron beam doses greater than or equal to 30 kGy, and preferably greater than or equal to 40 kGy.

Abstract: A composition for flattening uneven substrates. The composition for flattening uneven substrates, which is applied on an organic pattern, includes a solvent and a polysiloxane including a hydrolysis condensate of a hydrolyzable silane, wherein the polysiloxane includes silanol groups in a proportion of 20 mol % or less with respect to Si atoms, and the weight-average molecular weight of the polysiloxane is 1,000-50,000.

Abstract: An object is to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte and a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery which have excellent discharge load characteristics and are excellent in high-temperature storability, cycle characteristics, high capacity, continuous-charge characteristics, storability, gas evolution inhibition during continuous charge, high-current-density charge/discharge characteristics, discharge load characteristics, etc. The object has been accomplished with a nonaqueous electrolyte which comprises: a monofluorophosphate and/or a difluorophosphate; and further a compound having a specific chemical structure or specific properties.

Abstract: A production method for an optical waveguide including: a first step of inserting a needle-like portion at a tip end of an ejection unit into uncured cladding; a second step of moving the needle-like portion in the uncured cladding while ejecting an uncured material from the needle-like portion to form an uncured core surrounded and covered with the uncured cladding; a third step of removing the needle-like portion from the uncured cladding; and a fourth step of curing the uncured cladding and core, wherein the uncured cladding is composed of a composition including a reactive silicone compound composed of a polycondensate of a diarylsilicic acid compound of Formula [1] and an alkoxy silicon compound of Formula [2] Ar3—Si(OR1)aR23-a??[2] and a di(meth)acrylate compound of Formula [3] and the uncured core is composed of a composition including a reactive silicone compound and an aromatic vinyl compound of Formula [4]

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method that can produce, with high yield or high selectivity isobutylene by means of isobutanol dehydration-reaction. An isobutylene production method of a first embodiment of the present invention is a method for producing isobutylene by means of isobutanol dehydration-reaction, wherein isobutanol is reacted using a catalyst for which the BET specific surface area is within the range of 60 m2/g-175 m2/g, and the reaction is carried out under a reaction pressure of 50 kPa-750 kPa as the absolute pressure. An isobutylene production method of a second embodiment of the present invention includes: using a catalyst which is filled into a reaction chamber and for which the particle diameters of at least 90 mass % of the catalyst are within the range of 700 ?m-1000 ?m; setting the isobutanol concentration within a supplied reaction gas to 30 vol %-85 vol %; setting the weight hourly velocity (WHSV) of the isobutanol to 0.

Abstract: To provide novel pesticides, especially insecticides or acaricides. A condensed heterocyclic compound represented by the formula (1) or its salt or an N-oxide thereof: wherein D substituted with —S(O)nR1 is a ring represented by any one of D1, D2 and D3, Q is a ring represented by any one of Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4, R1 is C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 haloalkyl, (C1-C6) alkyl optionally substituted with R1a, C2-C6 alkenyl, C2-C6 haloalkenyl, C2-C6 alkynyl, C2-C6 haloalkynyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, C3-C6 halocycloalkyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl (C1-C6) alkyl, C3-C6 halocycloalkyl (C1-C6) alkyl or hydroxy (C1-C6) alkyl, R1a is C1-C8 alkoxycarbonyl, and n is an integer of 0, 1 or 2.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a nonaqueous electrolyte solution containing an electrolyte and a nonaqueous solvent, the nonaqueous electrolyte solution including a compound represented by formula (A) and: (1) at least one compound selected from a nitrile compound, an isocyanate compound, a difluorophosphate, a fluorosulfonate, a lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide and a compound represented by the formula (B) below, or (2) a cyclic carbonate compound having a fluorine atom in an amount of 0.01% by mass to 50.0% by mass based on a total amount of the nonaqueous electrolyte solution. In formula (A), R1 to R3 represent optionally substituted organic groups having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and in formula (B), R4, R5 and R6 independently represent an alkyl group, alkenyl group or alkynyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms that may be substituted with a halogen atom, and n represents an integer of 0 to 6.

Abstract: Provided are: a laminated film which is superior in appearance, durability such as tensile resistance and tear resistance, bondability, and handling properties and allows reduction of environmental loads in disposal by incineration; a method for producing the laminated film; and a protective film, overlay film, and laminate, which use the laminated film. One aspect of the present invention is a laminated film including: an acrylic resin layer (I) formed of an acrylic resin composition (A); and a polyolefin resin layer (II) formed of a polyolefin resin composition (B), wherein the acrylic resin composition (A) includes a rubber particle, and the polyolefin resin composition (B) has a halogen element content of less than 10% by mass. Other aspects of the present invention are: a method for producing the laminated film; and a protective film, overlay film, and laminate, which use the laminated film.

Abstract: A curable resin composition including components (A), (B), (C) and (D) below: component (A): a bisphenol epoxy resin with a softening point of 80° C. or more, component (B): a bisphenol epoxy resin which is liquid at 25° C., component (C): a bi- or more-functional (meth)acrylate compound, and component (D): a curing agent.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a fiber reinforced plastic with which the occurrence of wrinkling or bridging in a convex surface or a concave surface having a large curvature can be suppressed at the same time even if the fiber reinforced plastic has a complicated three-dimensional shape, the method for producing a fiber reinforced plastic, including a step of shaping a prepreg sheet in which continuous fibers are impregnated with a resin material into a three-dimensional shape to produce a fiber reinforced plastic(a); wherein at least a portion of the continuous fibers in an area (X) of the prepreg sheet corresponding to an area (X?) in which the fiber reinforced plastic (a) is sheared and deformed is bent in an in-plane direction in advance.

Abstract: Provided is a composition that allows high transparency or low absorbance in the visible spectrum (transmittance >90% T) to be retained in an OLED device. An ink composition comprising: (a) a polythiophene, (b) one or more metal oxide nanoparticles, (c) one or more dopants, and (d) a liquid carrier comprising one or more organic solvents.

Abstract: A lubricating oil composition including greater than 50 wt. % of a base oil, from 100 ppm to less than 1800 ppm by weight of total metal from metal-containing detergent(s) including an overbased calcium detergent and a magnesium containing detergent. The composition has a total nitrogen of 900 ppm to less than 1600 ppm by weight, and a ratio of total metal from the detergent(s) in ppm to the total nitrogen in ppm of less than 1.9. The composition also includes a borated compound to provide greater than 50 ppm by weight to 1000 ppm by weight of boron, and a ppm ratio of metal from the detergent(s) in ppm to the total boron is less than 7.5 and a molybdenum compound to provide greater than 80 ppm to 1200 ppm by weight molybdenum and a ppm ratio of total metal from the detergent(s) to the molybdenum is less than 23.8.

Abstract: A viscosity index improver comprising a reaction product of (i) an acylated copolymer obtainable by acylating a copolymer of ethylene and one or more C3-C10 alpha-olefins having an Mn of 3,000 to 250,000 g/mol; and (ii) a compound of the formulae (I)-(V): wherein R1, R6, R8, R9, R10, R12 and R15 are independently selected from a hydrogen and an optionally substituted linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group, and R2, R3, R4, and R5 R7, R11, R13, R14, R16, and R17 are independent selected from an optionally substituted linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group, and a sum of the number of carbon atoms in each compound of the formulae (I)-(V) is from 6 to 31.

Abstract: A heat-storage material, in particular a chemical heat-storage material that adsorbs or desorbs water vapor (water) at a low temperature and stores a large amount of heat. A chemical heat-storage material having a C2-10 aliphatic polycarboxylic acid metal salt, wherein the chemical heat-storage material generates or absorbs heat by adsorption or desorption of water vapor (water).

Abstract: A transparent double-sided self-adhesive sheet is provided which, when bonding to an adherend, not only excels in the ability to conform to steps or surface irregularities caused by a printing site, but also excels in workability such as cutting processability. A transparent double-sided self-adhesive sheet is proposed, having an intermediate resin layer (A) and pressure-sensitive adhesive layers (B) as front and reverse side layers, each of the layers being a layer having one or more species of (meth)acrylic acid ester series (co)polymer as the base resin, in which transparent double-sided self-adhesive sheet, the shear storage elastic modulus (G?(A)) at a frequency of 1 Hz of the intermediate resin layer (A) is higher than the pressure-sensitive adhesive layers (B) in a temperature range of 0° C. to 100° C., and, the indentation hardness (ASKER C2 hardness) of the entire sheet is 10 to 80.

Abstract: Provided is a polycarbonate polyol used as a raw material of a polyurethane that yields a polyurethane solution having good storage stability and exhibits excellent flexibility and solvent resistance. This polycarbonate polyol is a polycarbonate diol that includes structural units represented by the following Formulae (A) and (B), wherein, R1 and R2 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and, in this range of the number of carbon atoms, optionally have an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a nitrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a substituent containing these atoms; and R3 represents a linear aliphatic hydrocarbon having 3 or 4 carbon atoms. This polycarbonate diol has a molecular weight of 500 to 5,000, and the value of the following Formula (I) is 0.3 to 20.0: (Content ratio of branched-chain moiety in polymer)/(Content ratio of carbonate group in polymer)×100(%) (I).

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a cryopreservation vessel which has a coating that is capable of inhibiting the adhesion of cells or proteins and is resistant not only to aqueous solvents but also to organic solvents (for example, cryoprotectants, in particular, dimethyl sulfoxide).

Abstract: This cellulose powder has: an average degree of polymerization of 100 to 350; a weight average particle size of over 30 ?m, but less than 250 ?m; an apparent specific volume of 2 to less than 15 cm3/g; and an organic carbon content from residual impurities, which is defined by the total organic carbon content (%) during 1% NaOH extraction to the total organic carbon content (%) during pure water extraction, of over 0.07 to 0.3%.

Abstract: A lithium metal composite oxide powder includes primary particles; and secondary particles formed by aggregation of the primary particles, in which the lithium metal composite oxide powder is represented by Composition Formula (1), and the lithium metal composite oxide powder satisfies all of requirements (A), (B), and (C).

Abstract: A detergent additive package, fuel additive concentrate, fuel composition and method for operating an engine on an unleaded gasoline fuel. The additive package includes a Mannich base detergent mixture, wherein the mixture contains a first Mannich base detergent component derived from a di- or polyamine and a second Mannich base detergent component derived from a monoamine. A weight ratio of the first Mannich base detergent to the second Mannich base detergent in the mixture ranges from about 1:6 to about 3:1.