Abstract: An epoxy resin molding material for sealing includes (A) an epoxy resin, (B) a curing agent, (C) a curing accelerator, (D) an inorganic filler, (E1) an arylamino group-containing alkoxysilane compound, and (E2) an epoxy group-containing alkoxy silane compound.

Abstract: Provided is an epoxy resin composition including an epoxy resin and a curing agent, in which the epoxy resin contains a multimeric compound having at least one selected from the group consisting of a structural unit represented by the following Formula (IA) and a structural unit represented by the following Formula (IB), the multimeric compound contains a dimeric compound containing two structural units represented by the following Formula (II) in one molecule, and a ratio of the dimeric compound is from 15% by mass to 28% by mass with respect to the epoxy resin as a whole.

Abstract: A photosensitive resin composition comprises: a resin having a phenolic hydroxyl group; a photosensitive acid generator; a compound having at least one selected from the group consisting of an aromatic ring, a heterocycle and an alicycle, and at least one selected from the group consisting of a methylol group and an alkoxyalkyl group; and an aliphatic compound having two or more functional groups, the functional groups being at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of an acryloyloxy group, a methacryloyloxy group, a glycidyloxy group, an oxetanyl alkyl ether group, a vinyl ether group and a hydroxyl group, wherein the photosensitive acid generator is a sulfonium salt containing an anion having at least one skeleton selected from the group consisting of a tetraphenylborate skeleton, an alkylsulfonate skeleton having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a phenylsulfonate skeleton and a 10-camphorsulfonate skeleton.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention provides an electrolytic solution comprising a compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1 to R3 each independently represent an alkyl group or a fluorine atom, R4 represents an alkylene group, and R5 represents an organic group containing a sulfur atom.

Abstract: The present invention provides a separation material comprising porous polymer particles that comprise a styrene-based monomer as a monomer unit; and a coating layer that comprises a macromolecule having hydroxyl groups and covers at least a portion of the surface of the porous polymer particles, wherein the rupture strength is 10 mN or higher.

Abstract: A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery includes a layer of a mixture containing graphite powder and an organic binder on a current collector, wherein a diffraction intensity ratio (002)/(110) measured by X-ray diffractometry of the layer of a mixture is 500 or less. A lithium secondary battery includes the negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery, and a positive electrode that includes a lithium compound. This results in less deterioration in the rapid charge and discharge characteristics and the cycle characteristics when the density of the negative electrode is made higher, thereby providing a high capacity lithium secondary battery having the improved energy density per unit volume of the secondary battery.

Abstract: An adhesive film according to the present invention includes a resin composition layer (layer A) for an interlayer insulating layer, a thermosetting resin composition layer (layer B), and a support film (layer C), and the layer C, the layer A, and the layer B are sequentially arranged in this order. The layer A is a resin composition which contains a thermosetting resin (a1) and an inorganic filler (b1) having a specific surface area of 20 m2/g or more, and the mass ratio of the thermosetting resin (a1) to the inorganic filler (b1) is within the range from 30:1 to 2:1. The layer B contains a thermosetting resin composition which is in a solid state at a temperature lower than 40° C. but melts at a temperature of 40° C. or higher but lower than 140° C.

Abstract: A method for simultaneously producing carbon nanotubes and hydrogen according to the present invention is a method for simultaneously producing carbon nanotubes and hydrogen, in which using a carbon source containing carbon atoms and hydrogen atoms and being decomposed in a heated state, and a catalyst for producing carbon nanotubes and H2 from the carbon source, the above carbon nanotubes are synthesized on a support in a heated state, placed in a reactor, and simultaneously, the above H2 is synthesized from the above carbon source, the method comprising a synthesis step of flowing a source gas comprising the above carbon source over the above support, on which the above catalyst is supported, to synthesize the above carbon nanotubes on the above support and simultaneously synthesize the above H2 in a gas flow.

Abstract: A non-asbestos frictional material composition is provided, which is capable of provide a frictional material with low environmental load and with excellent friction coefficient, anti-crack properties, and abrasion resistance compared with conventional ones. Furthermore, a frictional material and a friction member formed by using this non-asbestos frictional material composition are provided. The non-asbestos frictional material composition containing a binder, an organic filler, an inorganic filler, and a fiber base material, includes: copper in a content of 5 mass % or less as a copper element; a metal fiber other than a copper fiber and a copper alloy fiber in a content of 0.5 mass % or less; cashew dust in a content of 1.5-4.5 mass % as the organic filler; zirconium oxide with a particle size of 30 ?m or less in a content of 30-45 mass % but not containing zirconium oxide with a particle size of more than 30 ?m as the inorganic filler.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device through which improvement of production efficiency can be achieved. In the method of manufacturing the semiconductor device (1), a sealing material (7) is attached to seal a semiconductor element (3), a release film (F) is provided in a mold facing the semiconductor element (3), and the sealing material (7) is cured by an upper mold (22) and a lower mold (24). A metal layer (9) that shields electromagnetic waves is previously provided on a side of the release film (F) coming in contact with the sealing material (7). In the curing of the sealing material (7), the metal layer (9) is transferred to the sealing material (7).

Abstract: The present invention provides, as one aspect, an electrolytic solution comprising a compound represented by the following formula (1) and a compound represented by the following formula (2): wherein R1 to R3 each independently represent an alkyl group or a fluorine atom, R4 represents an alkylene group, and R5 represents an organic group comprising a sulfur atom and not comprising a nitrogen atom; and wherein R6 to R8 each independently represent an alkyl group or a fluorine atom, R9 represents an alkylene group, and R10 represents an organic group comprising a nitrogen atom and not comprising a sulfur atom.

Abstract: Provided is a friction material composition capable of giving friction materials which, although low in copper or copper-alloy content, have excellent fade resistance at high temperature and give a satisfactory pedal feeling during braking. The friction material composition has a binder, a fibrous base material, an inorganic filler, and an organic filler, and contains no copper or has a copper content of 0.5 mass or less. The inorganic filler contains two ?-alumina powders, i.e., a first ?-alumina powder, which has a median diameter (D50) of 0.8-60 ?m, and a second ?-alumina powder, which has a median diameter (D50) of 80-400 ?m.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve the service life of an organic light emitting element. In order to solve the above problem, a curable polymer according to the present invention includes a macromolecule including a main chain having a conjugating monomer and a side chain having a crosslinking group, and the macromolecule is doped with holes.

Abstract: The present invention provides a thermosetting resin composition comprising (A) a metal salt of disubstituted phosphinic acid, (B) a maleimide compound having a N-substituted maleimide group in a molecule, (C) a 6-substituted guanamine compound or dicyandiamide and (D) an epoxy resin having at least two epoxy groups in a molecule and a prepreg and a laminated plate which are prepared by using the same. The prepregs obtained by impregnating or coating a base material with the thermosetting resin compositions of the present invention and the laminated plates produced by laminating and molding the above prepregs are balanced in all of a copper foil adhesive property, a glass transition temperature, a solder heat resistance, a moisture absorption, a flame resistance, a relative dielectric constant and a dielectric loss tangent, and they are useful as a printed wiring board for electronic instruments.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a multilayer wiring board includes a step (1) and a step (2). The step (1) disposes a hole for through-hole, a squirt of metal foils, and a lower space. The squirt of the metal foils on both the sides of the insulating layer is formed at an opening of the hole for through-hole. The lower space is formed between the squirt of the metal foils and an inner wall of the hole for through-hole. The step (2) plugs up the hole for through-hole by forming an electrolytic filled plating layer at an inside of the hole for through-hole and on the metal foils on both the sides of the insulating layer. The plugging of the hole for through-hole in the step (2) is performed by once decreasing a current density of an electrolytic filled plating in a middle of the electrolytic filled plating and then increasing the current density again.

Abstract: A permeability evaluation method for evaluating permeability of heavy metal ions through a specimen, comprising a step of, in a state in which a first liquid containing heavy metal ions and a second liquid containing water and an organic solvent are separated by a specimen, applying a voltage between a positive electrode provided on the side of the first liquid and a negative electrode provided on the side of the second liquid and measuring the value of the current flowing between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein the specimen contains an insulating material used in semiconductor production, and the heavy metal ion concentration of the first liquid is 0.5 mg/kg or more.

Abstract: A production method for a glassy liquid-crystalline epoxy resin, comprising a process of cooling a liquid-crystalline epoxy resin to cause transition into a glassy state.

Abstract: A negative electrode material for a lithium-ion secondary battery, in which the negative electrode material includes a composite particle including a spherical graphite particle and plural graphite particles that have a compressed shape and that aggregate or are combined so as to have nonparallel orientation planes, and the negative electrode material has an R-value in a Raman measurement of from 0.03 to 0.10, and has a pore volume as obtained by mercury porosimetry of from 0.2 mL/g to 1.0 mL/g in a pore diameter range of from 0.1 ?m to 8 ?m.

Abstract: A method for detecting HER2-positive cancer cells, comprising steps of: (a) fixing and then permeabilizing cells; (b) contacting a primary antibody that recognizes an intracellular epitope of HER2 with the cells and then contacting a secondary antibody that recognizes the primary antibody and is labeled with a fluorescent dye; and (c) irradiating the cells with excitation light for the fluorescent dye and detecting fluorescence emitted from the cells is provided. According to such a method, HER2-positive cancer cells can be detected with high sensitivity.

Abstract: The invention relates to an aerogel composite comprising an aerogel component and a silica particle, and being superior in thermal insulation properties and flexibility.