Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer economically and stably, in particular, the present invention is concerned with a method for continuous production of a polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer including (A) a step of withdrawing a polymerization reaction solution obtained by polymerizing a dihydric phenol compound, a carbonate precursor, and a polyorganosiloxane in the presence of an alkaline compound aqueous solution and a water-insoluble organic solvent continuously or intermittently from a reactor; (B) a step of separating the polymerization reaction solution withdrawn in the step (A) into an aqueous phase and a water-insoluble organic solvent phase; and (C) a step of after washing the water-insoluble organic solvent phase separated in the step (B) with an acidic aqueous solution, separating the resultant into an aqueous phase and a water-insoluble organic solvent phase, wherein the content of the polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolyme

Abstract: A biodegradable lubricating oil composition includes (A) an ester represented by a formula (1) below, the ester having a kinematic viscosity in a range from 300 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. In the formula, Ra is a hydrocarbyl group having 4 to 20 carbon atoms, Rb is a hydrocarbyl group having 4 to 18 carbon atoms, Rc is an acyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and n is an integer of 3 to 15.

Abstract: An aromatic amine derivative represented by formula (1): wherein HAr1, Ar2, L1, L2, and L3 are as defined in the specification, is useful as a material for constituting an organic EL device and realizes an organic EL device having a high efficiency and a long lifetime even when driving at a low voltage.

Abstract: Disclosed is a sputtering target having a good appearance, which is free from white spots on the surface. The sputtering target is characterized by being composed of an oxide sintered body containing two or more kinds of homologous crystal structures.

Abstract: A grease composition contains a calcium sulfonate complex grease and an additive. The additive includes an overbased metal sulfonate and an antioxidant. The overbased metal sulfonate is preferably an overbased calcium sulfonate. The antioxidant is preferably an aminic antioxidant.

Abstract: A functionalized ?-olefin polymer having an ?-olefin polymer main chain and an alkoxysilyl group and satisfying the following (a) to (d): (a) The meso-pentad fraction [mmmm] is less than 20 mol %, or the meso-diad fraction [m] is less than 95 mol %. (b) The weight-average molecular weight (Mw) is from 1,000 to 500,000. (c) The alkoxysilyl group concentration in all the monomer units is from 0.01 to 50 mol %. (d) The ?-olefin polymer is a propylene homopolymer, a 1-butene homopolymer or a propylene-1-butene copolymer.

Abstract: Provided are an organic electroluminescence device that not only provides high efficiency but also has a long lifetime, and an aromatic amine derivative that realizes the device. The organic electroluminescence device includes an aromatic amine derivative, including at least one substituent A having dibenzofuran and at least one substituent B selected from groups each having dibenzofuran or carbazole, in a molecule thereof, in which the substituent A and the substituent B include groups different from each other, and the substituent A and the substituent B are bonded to the same nitrogen atom, or different nitrogen atoms, in the molecule. The molecules of the aromatic amine derivative hardly crystallize, which improves a yield in the production of the organic electroluminescence device.

Abstract: A nitrogen-containing heterocyclic derivative in which an indole structure is fused to a benzophenanthrene ring is a novel material useful as a material for organic electroluminescence devices for the production of organic electroluminescence devices and electronic equipment.

Abstract: A material for organic electroluminescent devices including a 2,7-disubstituted naphthalene ring in its molecule of formulas (1) and (2): and an organic electroluminescent device including an organic thin film layer having one or more layers between a cathode and an anode. An organic electroluminescence device having the organic thin film layer which includes the material for organic electroluminescent devices and at least one kind of phosphorescent emitting materials has long lifetime and high current efficiency.

Abstract: A material for organic EL device which includes a compound having a specific structure: an azine ring having a cyano-substituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, an azine ring having a cyano-substituted heterocyclic group, or an azine ring having a cyano group directly bonded to the azine ring. An organic electroluminescence device including an organic thin film layer between a cathode and an anode, wherein the organic thin film layer includes a light emitting layer and at least one layer containing the material for organic electroluminescence device, has a long lifetime.

Abstract: A nitrogen-containing heterocyclic derivative represented by the following formula (1): wherein any “12-a” groups of R1 to R12 are independently a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 30 ring carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group having 5 to 30 ring atoms; any “a” groups of R1 to R12 are independently a single bond which is bonded to L1; L1 is a single bond, a “b+1” valent substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon ring group having 6 to 30 ring carbon atoms or a “b+1” valent substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group having 5 to 30 ring atoms; HAr is a substituted or unsubstituted nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group; and “a” and “b” are independently an integer of 1 to 4, and at least one of “a” and “b” is 1.

Abstract: A biscarbazole derivative having a specific group, which is represented by formula (1); and an organic electroluminescence device in which a plurality of organic thin-film layers including a light emitting layer are disposed between a cathode and an anode, and at least one of the organic thin-film layers include the biscarbazole derivative. The organic electroluminescence device exhibits high emission efficiency and has a long lifetime. In formula (1), each of A1 and A2 independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 30 ring carbon atoms; each of Y1 to Y16 independently represents C(R) or a nitrogen atom; each of R groups independently represents a hydrogen atom, etc.; and each of L1 and L2 independently represents a single bond, etc.; provided that at least one of A1, A2 and R represents a substituted or unsubstituted fluoranthenyl group, etc.

Abstract: Provided are a polymer compound, which comprises a copolymer containing at least a unit B, and a unit A and/or a unit C referring to repeating units A, B and C, and which has a weight-average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,500,000; a material for electronic devices and a material for organic electroluminescent devices comprising the compound; an organic electroluminescent device having an anode, a cathode and an organic thin film layer, wherein at least one organic thin film layer contains the polymer compound; a coating liquid containing the polymer compound and a solvent; and a method for producing an organic electroluminescent device using the coating liquid. Also provided is a polymer compound suitable to a coating method; a material for electronic devices and a material for organic electroluminescent devices comprising the compound; and an organic EL device, a coating liquid and a method for producing an organic EL device using the compound.

Abstract: A groove inclined path for diagonally downwardly delivering hydrogenated petroleum resin pellets loaded through a loading port is provided in a storage hopper for storing the hydrogenated petroleum resin pellets. The groove inclined path is defined by a plurality of groove-inclined-path members each having an inclined plate and side plates to define a groove structure, the groove-inclined-path members being vertically disposed so that flow directions of the hydrogenated petroleum resin pellets become opposite. The vertically adjacent ones of the groove-inclined-path members are disposed so that the hydrogenated petroleum resin pellets dropped from upper one of the groove-inclined-path members are brought into contact with the plate member of immediately lower one of the groove-inclined-path members to reverse a flow direction thereof, thereby reducing a flow speed of the hydrogenated petroleum resin pellets.

Abstract: A fluoranthene compound with a specified asymmetric structure; an organic EL device which is composed of one or more organic compound layers including at least one emitting layer sandwiched between a pair of electrodes, wherein at least one of the organic compound layers contains at least one kind of the fluoranthene compound; and a solution containing a material for the organic EL which is composed of the fluoranthene compound as the material for the organic EL and a solvent. An organic electroluminescence (EL) device having a superior luminance of light emission, an enhanced efficiency of light emission, and a prolonged lifetime and a compound realizing the device are provided.

Abstract: An aromatic amine derivative represented by formula (1): wherein R1, R2, R3, L, AR1, Ar2, k, m, and n are the same as defined in the specification, is useful as a material for an organic EL device and realizes an organic EL device with a high efficiency and a long lifetime even when driving it at a low voltage.

Abstract: A lubricating oil composition includes: a base oil; a component (A) that is a dialkyl hydrogen phosphite; a component (B) that is a sulfur antioxidant; and a component (C) that is a polyalkenyl succinimide. Since the lubricating oil composition of the invention exhibits an excellent lubricity to both iron metal and copper metal and an excellent heat stability, the lubricating oil composition of the invention is suitable for a shock absorber of an automobiles and the like.

Abstract: Provided are a multilayer nonwoven fabric having a meltblown nonwoven fabric layer and a spunbonded nonwoven fabric layer, the multilayer nonwoven fabric having high strength and high water pressure resistance, and a method for producing the same. The multilayer nonwoven fabric includes three or more layers, wherein two outermost layers are spunbonded nonwoven fabric layers, at least one inner layer is a meltblown nonwoven fabric layer, and a resin that forms the spunbonded nonwoven fabric layer has a melting endotherm ?H, as measured from a melting endothermic curve which is obtained by holding the resin at ?10° C. for 5 minutes under a nitrogen atmosphere and then increasing the temperature at a rate of 10° C./min with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), of 90 J/g or less.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device utilizes a novel combination comprising one or more biscarbazole derivative compounds as the phosphorescent host material in combination with a green phosphorescent dopant material in the light emitting region of the device, where the biscarbazole derivative compounds are represented by a formula (1A) or (1B) below; where A1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group having 1 to 30 ring carbon atoms; A2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 30 ring carbon atoms, or substituted or unsubstituted nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group having 1 to 30 ring carbon atoms; X1 and X2 each are a linking group; Y1 to Y4 each represent a substituent; p and q represent an integer of 1 to 4; and r and s represent an integer of 1 to 3; and the green phosphorescent dopant material is a phosphorescent organometallic complex having a chemical structure represented by LL?L?M wherein M is a metal that forms octa

Abstract: A particular gear oil composition is provided that contains (A) a base oil, (B) an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer, (C) a sulfur-containing compound, (D) an organomolybdenum compound and (E) a phosphorus-containing compound, which is excellent in extreme pressure properties, shear stability and wear resistance, and is excellent in fuel saving properties.