Abstract: An organic thin film transistor including at least a gate electrode, a source electrode, a drain electrode, an insulator layer and an organic semiconductor layer, at least one of the source electrode and the drain electrode including a conductive polyaniline composition containing (a) a substituted or unsubstituted polyaniline composite which is protonated by an organic protonic acid or its salts represented by M(XCR4(CR52COOR6)COOR7)p and (b) compound having a phenolic hydroxyl group.

Abstract: Provided are a method of measuring a degree of degradation of a lubricating oil and a measuring device therefor, in which (a) acidity is measured through use of an ISFET of hydrogen ion sensitive type and (b) dielectric constants or electrostatic capacitances at two or more different frequencies are obtained, to thereby determine a degradation state of the lubricating oil based on the acidity and a plurality of values of the dielectric constants or the electrostatic capacitances. Accordingly, the degree of degradation of the lubricating oil can be measured easily and precisely and a degradation mechanism of the lubricating oil can be predicted.

Abstract: An oxide sintered body including indium element (In), gallium element (Ga) and tin element (Sn) in atomic ratios represented by the following formulas (1) to (3): 0.10?In/(In+Ga+Sn)?0.60??(1) 0.10?Ga/(In+Ga+Sn)?0.55??(2) 0.0001<Sn/(In+Ga+Sn)?0.60??(3).

Abstract: Provided is a lubricating oil composition for sizing which is excellent in machinability and degreasing efficiency and which is excellent in compatibility with an impregnating oil and a sintered metal of oil impregnated bearings. A lubricating oil composition for sizing, including (A) a lubricating base oil having a kinematic viscosity of 0.5 to 100 mm2/s at 40° C. and compounded therein (B) an extreme-pressure agent in an amount of 0.1 to 10% by mass, and (C) a metal deactivator in an amount of 0.01 to 5% by mass, each based on a total amount of the composition.

Abstract: A lubricating oil composition for an internal combustion engine contains a component (A) of a polyalphaolefin having a kinematic viscosity at 100 degrees C. of 5.5 mm2/s or less, a CCS viscosity at ?35 degrees C. of 3000 mPA·s or less and a NOACK of 12 mass % or less, and a component (B) of a mineral oil having a viscosity index of 120 or more. The component (A) is contained at a content of 10 mass % or more of a total amount of the composition.

Abstract: A lubricating oil composition for an internal combustion engine contains: a base oil including a component (A) of a polyalphaolefin having a kinematic viscosity at 100 degrees C. of 5.5 mm2/s or less, a CCS viscosity at ?35 degrees C. of 3000 mPa·s or less and a NOACK of 12 mass % or less and a component (B) of a mineral oil having a viscosity index of 120 or more; and polyisobutylene having a mass average molecular weight of 500,000 or more. A content of the composition (A) is 25 mass % or more of a total amount of a lubricating oil.

Abstract: To provide a method for continuous production of a polycarbonate with safety, wherein (1) the contents of impurities in phosgene, which adversely affect a product, such as carbon tetrachloride, chloroform, etc., are decreased, and in its turn, the contents of the impurities in a polycarbonate are decreased; (2) by using a formed phosgene gas directly for an oligomer reaction step without going through a purification step, noxious phosgene is not substantially held; and preferably, (3) an apparatus is automatically stopped even at abnormal time, and noxious phosgene is detoxicated without being leaked outside the system.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device (1) includes: an anode (3); a cathode (4); and an emitting layer (5) provided between the anode (3) and the cathode (4). The emitting layer contains a first host, a second host and a phosphorescent dopant. A triplet energy of each of the first host and the second host is 2.8 eV or more. An ionization potential of the first host is 5.5 eV or less. An affinity Af1 of the first host is smaller than an affinity Af2 of the second host.

Abstract: A biodegradable lubricating oil composition includes (A) an ester being obtained by reacting a saturated aliphatic carboxylic acid, a straight-chain aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and a polyhydric alcohol together, the ester having a kinematic viscosity in a range from 400 mm2/s to 1000 mm2/s at 40 degrees C. and an acid value of 0.5 mgKOH/g or less; (B) an ester being obtained by reacting a straight-chain saturated aliphatic carboxylic acid with a polyhydric alcohol, the ester having an acid value of 0.5 mgKOH/g or less; and (C) a phosphate amine salt being obtained by reacting an acidic phosphate with an alkylamine.

Abstract: Disclosed is a lubricating oil composition for low-friction sliding materials, which is used in a sliding mechanism where a DLC film containing hydrogen in an amount of from 5 atom % to 50 atom % is formed on at least one sliding surface. The lubricating oil composition contains, in the lubricant base oil therein and based on the total amount of the composition, (A) an organic zinc dithiophosphate in an amount of from 0.005% by mass to 0.12% by mass in terms of the phosphorus concentration therein, (B) an amine-based friction-reducing agent in an amount of from 0.05% by mass to 5.0% by mass, and (C) an alkaline earth metal salicylate-based detergent and/or an alkaline earth metal sulfonate-based detergent in an amount of from 0.05% by mass to 0.5% by mass in terms of the alkaline earth metal concentration therein, wherein the component (A) contains, based on the total amount of the composition, a zinc primary dialkyldithiophosphate in an amount of from 0.005% by mass to 0.

Abstract: A lubricating oil additive composition contains a borated succinimide derivative and an amino alcohol compound. A lubricating oil composition containing the lubricating oil additive composition is excellent in high-temperature detergency and base value retention (long-drain capabilities) even though a blended content of a metal detergent is low and an ash content is small.

Abstract: A field effect transistor which includes, on a substrate, at least a semiconductor layer, a passivation layer for the semiconductor layer, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a gate insulating film and a gate electrode, the source electrode and the drain electrode being connected through the semiconductor layer, the gate insulating film being present between the gate electrode and the semiconductor layer, the passivation layer being at least on one surface side of the semiconductor layer, and the semiconductor layer including a composite oxide which comprises In (indium), Zn (zinc) and Ga (gallium) in the following atomic ratios (1) to (3): In/(In+Zn)=0.2 to 0.8 ??(1) In/(In+Ga)=0.59 to 0.99 ??(2) Zn/(Ga+Zn)=0.29 to 0.99 ??(3).

Abstract: The present invention is a polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer (A-1) comprising a polycarbonate block composed of a specific structural unit and a polyorganosiloxane block composed of a specific structural unit, wherein (1) the content of the polyorganosiloxane block portion is 1 to 30% by mass, (2) the average number of the repeating structural units represented by the general formula (II) is 70 to 1000, (3) the viscosity-average molecular weight of the copolymer is 13000 to 26000, and (4) the content of the phenol residue having an allyl group in the copolymer is 400 ppm by mass or less, the copolymer providing a molded article having excellent thermal stability and excellent color tone after even when the molding is carried out at high temperature; a process for production of the copolymer; and a polycarbonate resin using the polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer.

Abstract: A process oil has properties (a) to (c) below: (a) an ultraviolet absorbance (198 nm) of 3 or less; (b) an ultraviolet absorbance (228 nm) of 1 or less; and (c) a kinematic viscosity at 40 degrees C. in a range of 25 mm2/s to 450 mm2/s. According to the rubber composition using the process oil, a rubber product having an excellent weather resistance and being unlikely to cause a shape change such as deformation can be manufactured.

Abstract: The invention provides a polymerization catalyst produced by bringing components (A) to (D) into contact with one another in a hydrocarbon solvent at 30 to 60° C., wherein the component (A) is a transition metal compound, the component (B) is a solid boron compound capable of forming an ion pair with component (A), the component (C) is an organoaluminum compound, and the component (D) is one or more unsaturated hydrocarbon compounds selected from among an ?-olefin, an internal olefin, and a polyene; and the amounts of component (B) and component (C) are 1.2 to 4.0 mol and 5.0 to 50.0 mol, respectively, on the basis of 1 mol of component (A), which catalyst exhibits high activity and can be readily supplied to a polymerization reaction system. The invention also provides a method of storing the polymerization catalyst at 0 to 35° C.

Abstract: A lubricating oil composition for refrigerating machines contains a base oil and an additive in a form of a hydrocarbon compound having a biphenyl structure or a stilbene structure. When the present lubricating oil composition for refrigerating machines is used in refrigerating equipment such as an open-type automobile air-conditioner, an electric automobile air-conditioner, a gas heat pump, other air-conditioning equipment, a refrigerating machine, a vending machine, a showcase, a water-heating system and a refrigerating/heating system, it is possible to detect the leakage of a refrigerant with a long-lasting stability. Therefore, when an unsaturated chlorofluorocarbon refrigerant with a poor stability is used in the above-listed equipment, the present lubricating oil composition for refrigerating machines is significantly advantageous.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes: a cathode; an anode; and an organic thin-film layer having one or more layers and provided between the anode and the cathode, in which the organic layer includes an emitting layer. The emitting layer includes a first host material, a second host material and a phosphorescent dopant material. The first host material is a compound represented by a formula (1A). The second host material is a compound represented by a formula (2A).

Abstract: A water-soluble metalworking fluid contains: at least either one of (A) a block polyalkylene glycol represented by formula (1): HO(EO)a—(PO)b-(EO)cH, and (B) a polyalkylene glycol monoether represented by formula (2): RO(R?O)dH; and (C) an alkanolamine fatty acid salt, in which EO represents —CH2CH2O — and PO represents —CH(CH3)CH2O— or —CH2CH(CH3)O—; each unit of (EO)a, (PO)b and (EO)c is block-bonded; a and c each is an integer of 1 to 30 and b is an integer of 5 to 100; R represents an alkyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms and R?O represents PO or EO; mole fraction of EO is less than 100%; and d is an integer of 1 or 50.

Abstract: A lubricating oil composition contains a base oil containing a compound (A) and a compound (B) below and a compound (C). The lubricating oil composition exhibits a kinematic viscosity at 40 degrees C. in a range of 20 mm2/s to 40 mm2/s, a density at 15 degrees C. of 1.1 g/cm3 or more, a flash point of 200 degrees C. or more, and a viscosity index of 100 or more. The compound (A) is an ester or an ether having two or more aromatic rings. The compound (B) is an ester or an ether having a kinematic viscosity at 40 degrees C. of 12 mm2/s or less, a density at 15 degrees C. of 0.9 g/cm3 or more and a flash point of 100 degrees C. or more. The compound (C) is a poly(meth)acrylate having a mass average molecular weight of 50000 or less.

Abstract: The lubricating oil composition for internal combustion engines of the present invention contains a base oil, a thioheterocyclic compound represented by the following formula (I) (R1)k—(S)mAS-(S)n—(R2)l ??(I) (wherein As represents a thioheterocycle; each of R1 and R2 represents a hydrogen atom, an amino group, a C1 to C50 hydrocarbyl group selected from among an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkenyl group, and an aryl group, or, in the case of a hydrocarbyl group, a C1 to C50 heteroatom-containing group having an atom selected from among an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom, and a sulfur atom, in the hydrocarbyl group; and each of k, l, m, and n is an integer of 0 to 5), and an aminoalcohol compound having, in the molecule thereof, one or more amino groups and one or more hydroxyl groups, wherein the composition has a phosphorus content (P mass %) and a sulfated ash content (M mass %), based on the total amount of the composition, satisfying any of the following conditions A to C: c