Abstract: The present invention relates to a coated body comprising a decorative layer having excellent visibility and gradation characteristics and a wide color reproduction region, and more particularly, to a coated body comprising a substrate and a decorative layer, in which the decorative layer is formed from an ink set comprising at least a cyan ink, a magenta ink, and a yellow ink, and all of Ch, Mh, and Yh are 10% or more, in which Ch, Mh, and Yh are contrast ratios (%) of dried films having a thickness of 10 ?m formed from the cyan ink, the magenta ink, and the yellow ink, respectively, and all of the following Relational Expressions (1) to (3) are satisfied: 0?|Ch?Mh|?25%;??Expression (1) 0?|Mh?Yh|?25%; and??Expression (2) 0?|Yh?Ch|?25%.

Abstract: Provided is a method of assisting breast cancer diagnosis, comprising: a measuring step for measuring an amount of laminin 5 or laminin ?3 in a specimen; and an information-providing step for providing information for breast cancer diagnosis based on the amount of laminin 5 or laminin ?3 thus measured. Provided is a test kit for breast cancer comprising an anti-laminin 5 antibody or an anti-laminin ?3 antibody.

Abstract: An ink set includes a water-based coloring ink and a water-based coating liquid having an acting of aggregating the water-based coloring ink, wherein a dynamic surface tension value at 25° C. at a surface life of 100 ms of the water-based coating liquid is smaller than a dynamic surface tension value at 25° C. at a surface life of 100 ms of the water-based coloring ink, a difference between the dynamic surface tension value at 25° C. at a surface life of 100 ms of the water-based coating liquid and the dynamic surface tension value at 25° C. at a surface life of 100 ms of the water-based coloring ink is 5 mN/m or more and 20 mN/m or less, and the dynamic surface tension value at 25° C. at a surface life of 100 ms of the water-based coating liquid is within a range of 20 to 30 mN/m.

Abstract: Disclosed is a printed object which, even if using a receptive layer that is difficult for a monomer in an active energy ray curable ink to penetrate, has excellent adhesion between the active energy ray curable ink and the receptive layer, and in which the amount of unreacted monomer dissipated from the printed object is low. This printed object includes an ink receptive layer laminated on a substrate surface and having an ink absorption rate of 100% or less, and an ink layer laminated on a surface of the ink receptive layer and made from an active energy ray curable ink which includes a polymerizable compound, wherein the glass transition temperature of the polymerizable compound is ?45-25° C.

Abstract: Disclosed is an ink composition having excellent storage stability and capable of printing printed material having excellent metal tone. This active energy ray curable ink composition includes at least a scaly metal pigment, a polymerizable compound, and a photopolymerization initiator. The scaly metal pigment has a 50% volume average diameter of at least 0.05 ?m and less than 0.5 ?m, an average thickness of at least 5.0 nm and less than 50.0 nm, and a non-reactive solvent content of 0.01%-5.00% by mass.

Abstract: A heat dissipating paint composition for forming a heat dissipating coating is disclosed. The heat dissipating paint includes a prepolymer and a curing agent. The prepolymer includes a main chain containing an epoxy resin and a linear side chain bonded to the main chain and having 5 to 101 carbon atoms.

Abstract: An ink set includes a water-based coloring ink and a water-based coating liquid having an acting of aggregating the water-based coloring ink, wherein a dynamic surface tension value at 25° C. at a surface life of 100 ms of the water-based coating liquid is smaller than a dynamic surface tension value at 25° C. at a surface life of 100 ms of the water-based coloring ink, a difference between the dynamic surface tension value at 25° C. at a surface life of 100 ms of the water-based coating liquid and the dynamic surface tension value at 25° C. at a surface life of 100 ms of the water-based coloring ink is 5 mN/m or more and 20 mN/m or less, and the dynamic surface tension value at 25° C. at a surface life of 100 ms of the water-based coating liquid is within a range of 20 to 30 mN/m.

Abstract: A metallic ink composition for inkjet printing for a polyvinyl chloride substrate, can form printed matter having superior mirror gloss and favorable scratch resistance, and is able to prevent nozzle clogging during inkjet printing, and more specifically pertains to a metallic ink composition that is for inkjet printing for a polyvinyl chloride substrate and that is characterized by containing at least a polyester resin (a) having a weight average molecular weight of no greater than 12,000, a metallic pigment dispersion (b) resulting from dispersing a evaporated aluminum pigment only in an organic solvent, and an organic solvent (c) that has solubility with respect to the polyvinyl chloride substrate.

Abstract: A stable suspension of gold-coated silver nanoplates which is applicable to detection of various substances and able to accommodate various detection means and with which high detection sensitivity is attained in the detection of substances. This suspension of gold-coated silver nanoplates is characterized by containing 0-50 ?M water-soluble polymer and having a pH of 10 or less.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a multilayer coat characterized by including the steps of coating a substrate with an undercoating material to form an undercoat layer, coating the undercoat layer with an active energy ray-curing type ink in an ink-jet system, curing the active energy ray-curing type ink through active energy ray irradiation, and coating the cured active energy ray-curing type ink with a top coating material to form a top coat layer, wherein the surface free energy of the undercoat layer is ?s=20-50 mN/m, the active energy ray-curing type ink has a surface tension at 40° C. of 20-35 mN/m, and the top coating material has a surface tension at 25° C. of 20-50 mN/m, as well as a multilayer coat obtained by the production method.

Abstract: The present invention includes an electrical steel sheet with an insulation coating having a large interlaminar insulation resistance when laminated; a coating material for forming the insulation coating that is used for the electrical steel sheet and the coating material for forming the insulation coating, which includes apart from a solvent an aqueous carboxy group-containing resin as component (A), an aluminum-containing oxide as component (B), and at least one crosslinking agent as component (C) selected from the group consisting of melamine, isocyanate and oxazoline. There are component (A); 100 parts by mass; 40 parts by mass<component (B)<150 parts by mass; 20 parts by mass<component (C)<100 parts by mass.

Abstract: According to a water-based composition characterized by containing a colorant, water, a wetting agent, an amine compound, a hydroxyl group-containing organic solvent and a urethane resin having a polycarbonate group, there is provided a water-based coating composition being capable of easily controlling the gloss of a coating film applied on an object to be coated, having good storage stability, and being excellent in wetting properties to an object to be coated and continuous discharge stability without causing nozzle clogging.

Abstract: An inexpensive rotary grinding tool with reduced noise level of the grinding is provided. The rotary grinding tool comprises a metal disk having a grinding surface on at least a part of its surface and a holder for supporting the metal disk. The grinding surface has hard grains having a Mohs hardness in excess of 9 brazed thereon at a surface density of at least 20 grains/cm2. The holder has at its center a securing means for securing the holder on rotary shaft of a rotary drive unit. The holder and the metal disk are joined together to constitute the rotary grinding tool.

Abstract: According to a water-based composition characterized by containing a colorant, water, a wetting agent, an amine compound, a hydroxyl group-containing organic solvent and a urethane resin having a polycarbonate group, there is provided a water-based coating composition being capable of easily controlling the gloss of a coating film applied on an object to be coated, having good storage stability, and being excellent in wetting properties to an object to be coated and continuous discharge stability without causing nozzle clogging.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a multilayer coat characterized by including the steps of coating a substrate with an undercoating material to form an undercoat layer, coating the undercoat layer with an active energy ray-curing type ink in an ink-jet system, curing the active energy ray-curing type ink through active energy ray irradiation, and coating the cured active energy ray-curing type ink with a top coating material to form a top coat layer, wherein the surface free energy of the undercoat layer is ?s=20-50 mN/m, the active energy ray-curing type ink has a surface tension at 40° C. of 20-35 mN/m, and the top coating material has a surface tension at 25° C. of 20-50 mN/m, as well as a multilayer coat obtained by the production method.

Abstract: The invention provides an ink composition for ink-jet printing which does not cause clogging of nozzles of an ink-jet printer during printing, to thereby provide a print of desired printing quality; which ensures an appropriate drying rate of printed images; and which attains excellent color development. The ink composition for ink-jet printing, containing a pigment, a binder resin, a pigment dispersant, and a solvent, wherein the solvent is formed of (1) at least one glycol ether and at least one of a lactone compound and 2-pyrrolidone, or (2) at least one glycol ether acetate and at least one of cyclohexane and isophorone.

Abstract: An ink composition for ink-jet printing does not cause clogging of nozzles of an ink-jet printer during printing, thereby providing a print of desired printing quality; which ensures an appropriate drying rate of printed images; and which attains excellent color development. The ink composition for ink-jet printing, containing a pigment, a binder resin, a pigment dispersant, and a solvent, wherein the solvent is formed of (1) at least one glycol ether and at least one of a lactone compound and 2-pyrrolidone, or (2) at least one glycol ether acetate and at least one of cyclohexane and isophorone.

Abstract: An aqueous inorganic zinc-rich coating composition employs zinc powder and a vehicle containing an aqueous solution containing a specific alkali silicate, an ammonium ion, and a halide ion at specific concentrations; a vehicle containing an aqueous solution containing the above ingredients at specific concentrations and additionally an alkali halide at a specific concentration; or a vehicle containing an aqueous solution containing a specific alkali silicate and an alkali halide at specific concentrations, wherein the vehicle and zinc powder are contained at a specific ratio.

Abstract: The present invention provides a zirconium oxide dispersion which contains zirconium oxide particles, a metal complex, and a dispersion medium and which has excellent storage stability; a photo-curing composition containing zirconium oxide particles which contains zirconium oxide particles, a metal complex, an actinic energy ray-curing compound, a photopolymerization initiator, and a dispersion medium and which composition can form, on a surface of a substrate, a cured film having excellent transparency and high refractive index, and which composition does not corrode a metal-made apparatus employed in a dispersion process and a coating apparatus; and a cured film produced by applying onto a substrate the photo-curing composition containing zirconium oxide particles through coating or printing, followed by hardening.

Abstract: Disclosed is a nonaqueous inkjet ink composition having excellent ink ejection stability, which does not clog a nozzle of a printer head portion when used for printing by an inkjet printer, thereby enabling achievement of a printed matter having excellent print quality. The nonaqueous inkjet ink composition is characterized by containing a pigment, a resin, a pigment dispersing agent, an organic solvent, and additionally a rust inhibitor.