Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by the following general formula (I), and provides a liquid crystal composition containing the compound and a device using the liquid crystal composition. The compound of the present invention has a large refractive index anisotropy ?n and a high compatibility with a liquid crystal composition, and exhibits a large dielectric constant anisotropy in a high frequency region; and therefore, it is useful as a material for a device of a high-frequency phase shifter, a phased array antenna, an image recognition device, distance measuring equipment, a liquid crystal display device, a liquid crystal lens, a birefringent lens for stereoscopic image display, or the like.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by formula (i), a liquid crystal composition using the compound, and a liquid crystal display device using the liquid crystal composition. The compound represented by formula (i) has a partial structure Ki1 represented by any of general formulas (K-1) to (K-17) and further has ring B having at least two P-Sp- groups. Therefore, when used for a liquid crystal composition, the compound adsorbs to substrates sandwiching the liquid crystal composition (liquid crystal layer) and allows liquid crystal molecules to be held such that they are aligned in a vertical direction without a PI layer, and improved alignment stability and low-temperature storage stability can be achieved.

Abstract: An active material for a battery that can improve discharge capacity to 800 mAh/g or more, while retaining good initial Coulombic efficiency and cycle characteristics is provided. A composite active material for a battery containing the active material, and a secondary battery containing the active material and the composite active material in a negative electrode are provided. The active material for a battery is an amorphous silicon-based material containing elements including Si, O, and C. The active material has a ratio (A/B) between a total value A of respective peak integral values attributed to SiO2C2 and SiO3C and a peak integral value B attributed to SiO4 of 0.5 or more and 5.0 or less in a chemical shift range of 20 ppm to ?150 ppm in a solid-state 29Si-NMR spectrum.

Abstract: The composite particle of the present invention includes an alumina particle having a card-house structure which is formed of three or more pieces of plate-like alumina and in which the pieces of plate-like alumina are fixed to each other; and an inorganic coating part provided on a surface of the plate-like alumina.

Abstract: A compound that helps achieve a high voltage holding ratio (VHR) of a liquid crystal composition, a liquid crystal composition that contains this compound, and a liquid crystal display element made with this liquid crystal composition. More specifically, a compound represented by general formula (Y), which has polymerizable groups and polar group(s). A liquid crystal composition containing one or two or more compounds represented by general formula (Y), each of which has polymerizable groups and polar group(s). A liquid crystal display element made with a liquid crystal composition that contains one or two or more compounds represented by general formula (Y), each of which has polymerizable groups and polar group(s).

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a sheet molding compound including an aging step for thickening a sheet-like resin compound. The method includes applying a load of 0.2 to 50 g/cm2 to at least part of the sheet-like resin compound for 1 hour or more under a condition of an internal temperature of 20 to 120° C. in the aging step. A sheet molding compound obtained from this method for producing a sheet molding compound and its molded article have excellent carbon fiber impregnability and the like and can thus suitably be used for the exteriors, structures, and the like of automotive components, railway vehicle components, aerospace vehicle components, ship components, housing equipment components, sports components, light vehicle components, construction and civil engineering components, OA equipment, and the like.

Abstract: An object to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a method for producing an artificial leather on a practically usable level without using an organic solvent and without requiring a crosslinking step for a crosslinking agent. The present invention provides a method for producing an artificial leather having a cured product layer of a moisture-curing urethane hot-melt resin composition, wherein the moisture-curing urethane hot-melt resin composition contains a urethane prepolymer having an isocyanate group and does not contain a crosslinking agent having a hydroxyl group and/or an amino group, the method including applying the moisture-curing urethane hot-melt resin composition to a substrate at a coating weight of 0.03 to 0.5 kg/m2 so as to form a cured product layer of the moisture-curing urethane hot-melt resin composition.

Abstract: A resistivity regulating apparatus includes: a gas dissolving device that causes a regulating gas to dissolve in a liquid targeted for resistivity regulation to generate a treated liquid in which the regulating gas is dissolved in the liquid, the regulating gas being used to regulate a resistivity of the liquid; and a buffer tank to which the treated liquid discharged from the gas dissolving device is fed.

Abstract: Provided is a resin composition for molding containing a polyarylene sulfide resin that forms a molded body having all of mechanical strength, heat cycle characteristics, and thermal conductivity in a well-balanced manner. Specifically, provided are a resin composition for molding containing a plate-like filler having an aspect ratio of 10 to 500 (A), a polyarylene sulfide resin (B), a thermoplastic resin having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 20° C. or lower (C), and glass fibers (D) as essential components, the plate-like filler (A) being contained in an amount of 30 to 70 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the sum of the plate-like filler (A), the polyarylene sulfide resin (B), the thermoplastic resin (C), and the glass fibers (D), and a molded body of the resin composition for molding.

Abstract: A nematic liquid crystal composition having a high ?n and a high ?? in a liquid crystal material that enables greater phase control over electromagnetic waves in the microwave or millimeter wave range, and a liquid crystal element, a sensor, a liquid crystal lens, an optical communication device, and an antenna including the nematic liquid crystal composition. Specifically, a liquid crystal composition containing one or two or more compounds represented by general formula (i) in the specification and one or two or more compounds represented by general formula (ii) in the specification, and having a high ?n and a high ??.

Abstract: A double-sided adhesive tape is provided for bonding two or more adherends. The double-sided adhesive tape has satisfactory rollability, excellent reworkability after cleavage, and excellent shear holding characteristics at high temperatures. The double-sided adhesive tape includes a foam base, a resin layer (A1) disposed in direct contact with one surface of the foam base, an adhesive layer (B1) disposed on A1 on a side opposite to the foam base, a resin layer (A2) disposed in direct contact with another surface of the foam base, and an adhesive layer (B2) disposed on A2 on a side opposite to the foam base. A1 and A2 are each formed of a crosslinked product of a composition containing a resin having a hydroxy group and a compound reacting with the hydroxy group, and the tensile modulus of each of A1 and A2 is 50 MPa or more and 1000 MPa or less.

Abstract: The present invention provides a prepreg including a radical polymerizable resin composition, containing at least a radical polymerizable resin and a polymerization initiator, and a fiber substrate. The prepreg is characterized in that both surfaces of the prepreg are coated with a film having an oxygen permeability of 200 (ml/m2·24 h·atm) or less. The prepreg can suppress the delay of the proceeding of curing reaction after storage at room temperature, can allow curing reaction to properly proceed during heating of the prepreg, can suppress the occurrence of a molding defect, and can produce a molded product having excellent workability, and thus can be preferably used for an automobile member, a rail vehicle member, an aerospace plane member, a civil engineering and construction member, a casing of an OA device, and the like, and can be particularly preferably used for an automobile member, a housing equipment member, a sport member, etc.

Abstract: A lamination method, includes: a first coating step of applying any one of a main agent M and a curing agent H of a two-component curable adhesive as a coating liquid to a first web W1; a second coating step of applying the other one of the main agent M and the curing agent H as a coating liquid to a second web W2; and a bonding step of bonding a coating liquid-coated surface of the first web W1 and a coating liquid-coated surface of the second web W2, and of combining the main agent M and the curing agent H to increase a molecular weight. In addition, in the first coating step and the second coating step, the main agent M or the curing agent H is applied by a gravure coater.

Abstract: Provided is an aqueous resin composition containing an alkyd resin (A) having vinyl polymer segments, a basic compound (B), and an aqueous medium (C). The alkyd resin (A) contains 20 to 45% by mass of an alicyclic polybasic acid-derived structure. The aqueous resin composition can produce a coating film with high hardness and excellent impact resistance and therefore can be suitably used for aqueous paints for metal products such as automobiles, railroad vehicles, machinery, furniture, cans, and building materials; plastic products such as automobile parts and home appliances; wood products such as furniture and building materials; and inorganic material products such as building materials and glass.

Abstract: The present invention provides an ink composition containing light-emitting nanocrystal particles and a photopolymerizable compound, wherein the photopolymerizable compound has a Log P value in the range of ?1.5 to 7.0. The present invention also provides an ink composition containing light-emitting nanocrystal particles and a photopolymerizable compound, wherein the photopolymerizable compound has a Log P value in the range of ?1.0 to 6.5, and the ink composition has a water (H2O) content of 90 ppm or less measured with a Karl Fischer moisture meter. The present invention also provides a light conversion layer including a plurality of pixel units, wherein the plurality of pixel units include a pixel unit containing a cured product of the ink composition, and the light conversion layer is formed of the cured product of the ink composition. The present invention also provides a color filter including the light conversion layer.

Abstract: A problem to be solved by the present invention is providing a coloring composition containing a perylene-based compound such as C.I. Pigment Violet 29 while achieving high dispersion into a glycol-based solvent, the coloring composition being usable in a display production process without causing insufficient resist curing or a drop in spectral purity. The coloring composition of the present invention contains a sulfonate compound represented by the following formula (1) and C.I. Pigment Violet 29. A-SO3M.

Abstract: The aqueous pigment dispersion for IJ inks has excellent dispersion quality as well as high color strength and light fastness and is particularly suited for use as an U aqueous pigment ink. It includes C.I. Pigment Yellow 180, a block copolymer having an acid value of 10 or more and 20 or less and an amine value of 20 or less, and water. The present invention also provides C.I. Pigment Yellow 180 having an aspect ratio of 1.0 to 2.0, a primary particle shorter diameter of 30 to 100 nm, and a crystallite size of 15.0 nm or more as calculated from the Scherrer equation based on the full width at half maximum of a peak A indicated by a maximum diffraction intensity at a diffraction angle 2?=6.7±0.50 in a powder X-ray diffraction pattern of diffraction intensities versus 2? measured using CuK? radiation.

Abstract: The present invention provides an alumina particle containing molybdenum (Mo) and an inorganic coating part provided on the surface of the alumina particle.

Abstract: A method for optimizing manufacturing conditions for a polyarylene sulfide resin composite includes executing a machine learning algorithm using a data set including manufacturing conditions data and measured characteristics data. The manufacturing conditions data includes the manufacturing conditions items of at least ingredients for the polyarylene sulfide resin composite, mixing conditions, and polymer melt temperature during melt kneading, whereas the measured characteristics data includes the characteristic value item of at least the impact resistance of the polyarylene sulfide resin composite when produced under the manufacturing conditions specified by the manufacturing conditions data.

Abstract: A compound is represented by general formula (I), a liquid-crystal composition contains this compound, and devices are made using this liquid-crystal composition. Having a large refractive-index anisotropy ?n and a sufficiently high Tni, highly compatible with liquid-crystal compositions, and exhibiting a high dielectric anisotropy in the radio frequency range, the compound is a useful material for RF phase shifters, phased-array antennae, image recognition devices, distance meters, liquid-crystal displays, liquid-crystal lenses, and birefringent lenses for 3D image display, among other devices.