Abstract: A method for using citraconic anhydride and itaconic anhydride as addition cure end caps in reactions for forming polyamic acid oligomers and polyimide oligomers, is provided. Prepregs and high temperature adhesives made from the resulting oligomers, as well as, high temperature, low void volume composites made from the prepregs, are also provided.

Abstract: A binder composition for electrodes with greater binding strength that does not inhibit the formation of a stable electrode interface (SEI) on the surface of an active substance is provided. The binder composition for electrodes includes at least one type of tetracarboxylic acid ester compound, at least one type of diamine compound, and an organic solvent. Furthermore, the organic solvent preferably has a boiling point that is 250° C. or less. In addition, the organic solvent preferably has a highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) that is ?10 eV or less.

Abstract: A binder composition for electrodes with greater binding strength that does not inhibit the formation of a stable electrode interface (SEI) on the surface of an active substance is provided. The binder composition for electrodes includes at least one type of tetracarboxylic acid ester compound, at least one type of diamine compound, and an organic solvent. Furthermore, the organic solvent preferably has a boiling point that is 250° C. or less. In addition, the organic solvent preferably has a highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) that is ?10 eV or less.

Abstract: A mounting member, a rotation mechanism, and a plurality of plate-shaped members are included in a folding apparatus in order to simplify the configuration thereof, to make it easy to perform maintenance and repairs, and to reduce costs. The mounting member is a plate-shaped member wherein a foldable article can be mounted on a first surface so that part of the foldable article hangs down. The rotation mechanism rotates the first surface of the mounting member around an axis included in the first surface. The plurality of plate-shaped members are capable of moving toward the mourning member so as to hold part of the foldable article after part of the foldable article has been positioned in the vicinity of the mounting member due to the mounting member being rotated by the rotation mechanism.

Abstract: The task of the present invention is to offer a conductive paste that can be molded into a conductive coating or film that can maintain flexibility and ductility even while possessing a thickness of 50 ?m˜125 ?m. The conductive paste of the present invention includes a conductive particulate, a metal capture agent and a polyimide precursor solution. The metal capture agent can be selected as at least one from among either pyrimidinethiol compounds, triazinethiol compounds and imidazole compounds with a mercapto group. Moreover, the conductive particulate is preferably a core particle that is covered with a metal shell. In addition, a polyamic acid solution is preferred as the polyimide precursor solution.

Abstract: A method for the manufacture of a medical wire includes manufacturing a fluororesin-coated wire and irradiating with infrared radiation. The fluororesin-coated wire is manufactured with a fluororesin-containing liquid, or fluororesin powder body being applied to the outer circumference of a superelastic alloy wire or of a resin-coated superelastic alloy wire. The fluororesin-coated wire is irradiated with a defined wavelength of infrared radiation for a defined period of time.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides smart contrast agents for transition metals and a method of using the same. The smart contrast agents include a core peptide and a first labeling group attached to a first end of the core peptide. The smart contrast agents can also include a second labeling group attached to a second end of the core peptide. The core peptide can bind to transition metals, and can be homologous to a fragment selected from the extended octarepeat region of a prion protein.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides smart contrast agents for transition metals and a method of using the same. The smart contrast agents include a core peptide and a first labeling group attached to a first end of the core peptide. The smart contrast agents can also include a second labeling group attached to a second end of the core peptide. The core peptide can bind to transition metals, and can be homologous to a fragment selected from the extended octarepeat region of a prion protein.

Abstract: A medical device for insertion into the human body has improved sliding characteristics. The medical device for insertion into the human body includes a substrate having given shape, and an agent for improving the sliding characteristics having a hydrophilic block and a hydrophobic block, and coating the hydrophobic surface.

Abstract: The subject of the present invention is to offer a method for the manufacture of a medical wire that can elicit the superior qualities of a fluororesin while maintaining the elastic modulus of a superelastic alloy wire. The method for manufacturing a medical wire that relates to the present invention is provided with a process for manufacturing a fluororesin-coated wire and a process for irradiating with infrared radiation. In the process for manufacturing the fluororesin-coated wire, the fluororesin-coated wire is manufactured by a fluororesin-containing liquid, or fluororesin powder body being applied to the outer circumference of a superelastic alloy wire or of a resin-coated superelastic alloy wire. In the infrared irradiation process, the fluororesin-coated wire is irradiated with a defined wavelength of infrared radiation for a defined period of time.

Abstract: A medical device for insertion into the human body has improved sliding characteristics compared to similar devices with fluororesin surfaces. The medical device for insertion into the human body includes a substrate having given shape, and an agent for improving the sliding characteristics having a hydrophilic block and a hydrophobic block, and coating the hydrophobic surface.

Abstract: A medical tube includes a mixture component including a polyimide resin and a fluorine resin, the mixture component being heated and cured. The fluorine resin melts and is precipitated on at least an inner face of the tube, and the inner face or the inner and outer faces of the tube is a low friction resistance face. This tube is obtained by polymerizing aromatic tetracarboxylic acid dehydrate and aromatic diamine in a polar solvent to be a polyimide precursor solution; adding a fluorine resin in the polyimide precursor solution or during the polymerizing step to prepare a mixed solution of the polyimide precursor and the fluorine resin; applying the mixed solution to an outer face of a core wire so as to have a predetermined thickness; applying heat so as to allow conversion to an imide, where a highest temperature for the conversion to an imide is a temperature exceeding a melting point of the fluorine resin; and cooling it and separating the core wire and the medical tube.

Abstract: Essentially colorless, transparent polyimide coatings and films prepared by combining aromatic dianhydrides with para-substituted aromatic diamines are provided. The polyimide coatings and films are produced by a process whereby the dianhydride and diamine monomer components are reacted at temperatures of greater than 80° C.

Abstract: A seamless polyimide composite tube which includes a polyimide layer, a conductive primer layer on the surface of the polyimide layer and a fluororesin layer on the surface of the primer layer and a method of manufacturing the composite tube.

Abstract: In a fixing device for heating and melting a toner image and fixing it onto a transfer material, the fixing device has a fixing member surface which comes in contact with a toner image. The fixing member surface has at least a resin and an ion-conductive electrical resistance value controlling material having a melting point higher than a maximum temperature in the fixing device.

Abstract: A seamless polyimide composite tube which includes a polyimide layer, a conductive primer layer on the surface of the polyimide layer and a fluororesin layer on the surface of the primer layer and a method of manufacturing the composite tube.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing and mass-producing a seamless heat-resistant resinous tube with a uniform tube wall thickness and circumference, which includes the steps of coating the precursor solution of a tube material to the surface of a core at a thickness greater than the tube wall thickness; passing a metallic die having a wider inside diameter than the diameter of the core along the outside of the core by utilizing the resistant force of the precursor solution without restricting the metallic die or the core, thus forming a tube around the core; treating the tube around the core to give it strength as a tube; and separating the tube from the core.

Abstract: A heat-resistant fabric coated or impregnated with tetrafluoroethylene resin is baked at such a temperature for such a period of time that only the resin layer is baked without impairing the strength of the fabric substrate because the substrate is not subjected to a high temperature for a long time.

Abstract: A waterproof cloth comprising a base cloth made of heat-resistant fibers having a fluorine resin adhering to their surface and a film of a fluorine resin fused integrally to at least one surface of the base cloth. The waterproof cloth can be produced by laying the film on the base cloth and heating them under pressure.

Abstract: An improved composite rubber material having a baked layer of fluorine resin of 10 microns to about 1 millimeter in thickness is proposed. The coated layer of fluorine resin is baked at a temperature over 400.degree. C. for not more than 7 minutes. This assures that the fluorine resin is baked without deteriorating the rubber material.