Abstract: A technique that can improve ionic conductivity is provided. An electrolyte includes an inorganic composite particle that is a composite of an inorganic particle with a compound having a betaine structure and one or more functional groups selected from a (meth)acryloxy group, a Si(OR)3 group (R is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms), and an Al(OR)2 group (R is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms).

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cyclic peptide derivative composition for treating or preventing neuropathic pain and/or inflammatory pain. The present disclosure relates to a composition comprising a compound for treating or preventing neuropathic pain and/or inflammatory pain or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or prodrug thereof. The present disclosure also relates to method for treating or preventing neuropathic pain and/or inflammatory pain, comprising administering the composition comprising the compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt. The technology provided by the present disclosure can be used for a cyclic peptide derivative for modulating nervous system cell activity and a method for producing said cyclic peptide derivative.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cyclic peptide derivative composition for treating or preventing central nervous system injured diseases. The present disclosure relates to a composition comprising a compound for treating or preventing a central nervous system injured disease or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or prodrug thereof. More specifically, the composition of the present disclosure can treat or prevent atherosclerotic cerebral infarction, cardiogenic cerebral infarction or lacunar infarction. The technology provided by the present disclosure can be used for a cyclic peptide derivative for modulating nervous system cell activity and a method for producing said cyclic peptide derivative.

Abstract: Carbon nanotube dispersibility and dispersion stability are improved. A carbon nanotube dispersion liquid according to an embodiment includes a carbon nanotube; carboxymethyl cellulose and/or a salt thereof; water; and a compound represented by general formula (1) below. In formula (1), R represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group.

Abstract: A method by which a cellooligosaccharide can be produced inexpensively at high percentage yield is provided. In the method for producing a cellooligosaccharide according to an embodiment, at least one primer selected from the group consisting of glucose, cellobiose, and derivatives in which anomeric positions of glucose and cellobiose are modified and sucrose are subjected to, in the presence of phosphoric acid, actions of sucrose phosphorylase and cellodextrin phosphorylase. In this case, in the reaction system, the concentration of phosphoric acid is set to 3 mol/m3 or more and 120 mol/m3 or less.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cyclic peptide derivative composition for treating or preventing ophthalmic diseases. The present disclosure relates to a composition comprising a compound for treating or preventing ophthalmic diseases or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or prodrug thereof. More specifically, the composition of the present disclosure can treat or prevent diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma or age-related macular degeneration. The technology provided by the present disclosure can be used for a cyclic peptide derivative for modulating nervous system cell activity and a method for producing said cyclic peptide derivative.

Abstract: The solubility of cannabinoid in water is improved. A solid composition according to an embodiment contains an amorphous cannabinoid, a sucrose fatty acid ester having a monoester ratio of 85 mass % or more, and a water-soluble polymer. The solid composition can be prepared by, for example, dissolving a cannabinoid, a sucrose fatty acid ester having a monoester ratio of 85 mass % or more, and a water-soluble polymer in a solvent, and removing the solvent from the resultant solution.

Abstract: A reduction in the viscosity is achieved and improvements in the storage stability and the heat resistance of the coating film are achieved. An aqueous dispersion of a polyurethane resin according to an embodiment is obtained by a reaction of a polyol (A), a polyisocyanate (B), and a chain extender (C). The polyol (A) includes an aromatic polyester polyol (A1), and an aliphatic diol (A2) having a hydrocarbon group in a side chain. The chain extender (C) includes a compound (C1) having three primary and/or secondary amino groups and not having hydroxy groups, and a compound (C2) having one or more hydroxy groups and two or more primary and/or secondary amino groups. The acid value is 11.0 to 23.0 mgKOH/g and the hydroxyl value is 8.0 to 23.0 mgKOH/g.

Abstract: A negative electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery which can improve the coulombic efficiency without a negative electrode active material is provided. The negative electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to an embodiment has a current collector and a layer containing a polyurethane resin and single-walled carbon nanotubes placed on the current collector and does not contain a negative electrode active material.

Abstract: Provided is a viscous aqueous composition that has high transparency and high thickening performance, has high emulsifying power for oil-based raw material, or exerts strongly, in the case of being mixed with a water-miscible organic solvent, a viscosity retention effect. A viscous aqueous composition according to an embodiment includes (a) an anion-modified cellulose fiber including anionic groups forming salts with monoamines, and including, as the monoamines, a monoamine (A) having, in an organic conceptual diagram, an organic value of 200 or more and a monoamine (B) having an organic value of less than 200, and (b) water.

Abstract: An object is to provide a subcutaneous or submucosal expansion agent that not only has superior expansion properties to those of conventional agents, and maintains the expanded state for a relatively long period of time, but also ensures sufficient administration properties. The subcutaneous or submucosal expansion agent is injected into a subcutaneous or submucosal space to expand the subcutaneous or submucosal space, and comprises cellulose fibers (A) containing anionically modified cellulose, and water (B).

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cyclic peptide derivative, a method for producing the same, and a composition. The present disclosure relates to a compound for modulating nervous system cell activity. More specifically, the compound of the present disclosure is capable of modulating the proliferation activity of astrocytes. The compound of the present disclosure has the effect of enhancing the proliferation activity of astrocytes. The features provided by the present disclosure can be used for a cyclic peptide derivative for modulating nervous system cell activity and a method for producing said cyclic peptide derivative.

Abstract: The input-output characteristics of a lithium-ion battery are improved. In coated lithium-transition metal oxide particles, at least a part of the surfaces of lithium-transition metal oxide particles are coated with a copolymer which is represented by the formula (1) and which has a weight average molecular weight of 200,000 to 600,000, and the copolymer is cross-linked by ring opening of an oxetane ring. In the formula (1), m and n represent a number of one or more. R1 and R2 represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group. R3 represents an alkyl group having one to five carbon atoms. R4 represents an alkanediyl group having one to five carbon atoms. R5 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having one to five carbon atoms.

Abstract: To provide an electrode binder that is used for a lithium secondary battery and that can reduce swelling of an electrode caused by charging and discharging. An electrode binder for a lithium secondary battery according to an embodiment contains an aqueous dispersion of a polyurethane sodium salt obtained by causing a reaction of (A) at least one of an aliphatic polyisocyanate or an alicyclic polyisocyanate, (B) a hydrogenated polybutadiene polyol, (C) a carboxylic acid having one or more active hydrogen groups, and (D) a chain extender.

Abstract: To culture cells in a suspended state and easily recover the cultured cells. An additive for suspension culture according to an embodiment is a medium additive which is added to a medium for culturing cells in suspension, the medium additive containing a cellulose oligomer. A medium composition according to an embodiment is a medium composition capable of culturing cells in suspension, the medium composition containing a cellulose oligomer. A cell culture method according to an embodiment includes culturing cells in the medium composition.

Abstract: Provided is a technique that provides high durability and high flexibility at low temperatures. A polyurethane resin composition is produced by chain-extending, using polyamine, a reaction product between a polyol including at least one polyether polyol of polytetramethylene ether glycol or polypropylene glycol, 1,10-decanediol, and a polyol including an anionic hydrophilic group, and polyisocyanate.

Abstract: Provided is a polyurethane resin composition capable of forming a coating that has high mechanical strength and solvent resistance and that also has scratch resistance and blocking resistance. In a composition containing a polyurethane resin, the polyurethane resin has a structural unit derived from a polyol, a structural unit derived from a polyisocyanate, and a structural unit derived from a polyamine, and the polyol includes a polycarbonate polyol having a structural unit derived from 1, 10-decanediol, a polyol compound having an anionic hydrophilic group, a glycol compound represented by HO—(R1—O)n—H, and a polyhydric alcohol having three or more hydroxy groups. The glycol compound has a number-average molecular weight of 500 to 2,500, the polyhydric alcohol is included in an amount of 10% by mass or less relative to a total mass of the polyol, and the glycol compound is included in an amount of 30% by mass or more and 90% by mass or less relative to the total mass of the polyol.

Abstract: Provided is a carbon nanotube dispersion liquid that exhibits good dispersion stability of single-walled carbon nanotubes. A carbon nanotube dispersion liquid according to an embodiment includes single-walled carbon nanotubes, carboxymethyl cellulose and/or a salt thereof, and water, in which a content of the single-walled carbon nanotubes is 0.47% to 1.00% by mass. The carboxymethyl cellulose and/or the salt thereof includes at least one having a degree of etherification of 0.65 to 0.85 and a weight-average molecular weight of 120,000 to 250,000. A content of the carboxymethyl cellulose and/or the salt thereof is 120 to 220 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the single-walled carbon nanotubes.

Abstract: Provided is an anti-PEG-antibody-binding material capable of detecting a methoxy-terminated-PEG-selective anti-PEG antibody. The anti-PEG-antibody-binding material according to an embodiment contains a cellulose oligomer represented by formula (1) and is bindable to a methoxy-terminated-PEG-selective anti-PEG antibody: wherein n represents an average degree of polymerization, which is a number of 6 to 16, and m represents an integer of 1 to 16.

Abstract: Provided are an electrode binder composition that provides an electrode that exhibits high durability even when an active material that shows a large volume change is used, an electrode coating liquid composition containing the electrode binder composition, a power storage device electrode including an electrode mixture layer containing a solid of the electrode coating liquid composition, and a power storage device including the power storage device electrode. An electrode binder composition includes (A) a polyurethane, (B) a fibrous nanocarbon material having an average fiber length of 0.5 ?m or more, and (C) water. The polyurethane is obtained by reacting together (a) a polyisocyanate, (b) a polyol, (c) a compound having one or more active hydrogen groups and a hydrophilic group, and (d) a chain extender. (b) contains an olefinic polyol having 1.5 or more active hydrogen groups and/or a carbonate diol having less than 6 carbon atoms between carbonate bond chains.