Abstract: A liquid crystal composition, which is a material used for an element for electromagnetic wave signal control in a frequency range of 1 GHz to 10 THz, satisfies at least one of characteristics such as a wide temperature range of a nematic phase and a large refractive index anisotropy and a small dielectric loss tangent (tan ?) in the frequency region used for control, and has an excellent balance of characteristics, and an element containing the composition. A liquid crystal composition including: at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by Formula (1). For example, R1 is C1-12 alkyl; Z11 is a single bond; L11, L12, L13 and L18 are hydrogen; L17 is methyl; Y11 and Y22 are hydrogen; and a and c are respectively 0 or 1, b is 1, and a sum of a, b, and c is 2.

Abstract: A draw solution contains a polymeric compound produced using, as starting materials, a compound represented by general formula (a) and a compound represented by general formula (b) as a draw solute. [In formula (a) and formula (b), R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group.

Abstract: A liquid crystal composition, which is a material used for an element for electromagnetic wave signal control in a frequency range of 1 GHz to 10 THz, satisfies at least one of characteristics such as a wide temperature range of a nematic phase and a large refractive index anisotropy and a small dielectric loss tangent (tan ?) in the frequency region used for control, and has an excellent balance of characteristics, and an element containing the composition. A liquid crystal composition including: at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by Formula (1). For example, R1 is C1-12 alkyl; Z11 is a single bond; L11, L12, L13 and L18 are hydrogen; L17 is methyl; Y11 and Y22 are hydrogen; and a, b, and c are respectively 0, 1, and 0.

Abstract: The present application relates to a laminate between an inorganic substance and metal, which is excellent in thermal conductivity and interlayer adhesion. The laminate of the present application has a thermally conductive first inorganic filler bonded with one end of first coupling agent 11; and a metal layer bonded with one end of a third coupling agent, in which the other end of the third coupling agent is bonded with the other end of the first coupling agent. The laminate has such a bond between the inorganic filler and the metal layer through an organic compound, whereby the laminate may be excellent in thermal conductivity and interlayer adhesion.

Abstract: A depth filter with excellent filtration accuracy and pressure resistance performance even for fluids containing high density and high viscosity powder fine particles. A depth filter having a base material layer, a filtration layer, and a skin layer, in that order, wherein: the substrate layer and the skin layer are layers made by a nonwoven fabric being wound and thermally fused; the filtration layer is a laminate in which at least a nonwoven fabric and a net are laminated, being wound twice or more; and the nonwoven fabric contained in the filtration layer contains a mixed-fiber nonwoven fabric containing two or more types of fibers with mutually different average fiber diameters.

Abstract: A filtration medium for a filter, having high dust collection efficiency, low pressure loss, a long service life and sufficient processing strength into a filter. A combined fiber nonwoven fabric includes first fibers having a mean fiber diameter of less than 200 nanometers, and second fibers having a mean fiber diameter in the range of 200 to 5000 nanometers, in which basis weight of the combined fiber nonwoven fabric is in the range of 2.1 to 15.0 g/m2.

Abstract: A curable resin composition according to the present invention makes it possible to form a cured product having heat resistance suited for use in applications such as electronic components including printed circuit boards, semiconductor elements and light emitting diodes (LEDs), and automotive electronic components, the curable resin composition containing: a silicon compound (A) that is formed from either one or both of the silsesquioxane groups represented by formula (1) or (2) and from at least one structural unit among the siloxane groups represented by formulas (3)-(5), and that has a weight average molecular weight of 3,000-1,000,000; and a compound (B) that contains at least one element among Ce, La, Pr, Nd, Y and Fe.

Abstract: A porous particle has a controlled 3D network skeleton and communicating pores that include the voids of the skeleton and penetrate from the particle surface to the inside, a method produces the same, and a filler for chromatography uses the same. The porous particle mainly includes cellulose acetate or cellulose, is spherical, and has a 3D network skeleton and communicating pores that include the voids of the skeleton and penetrate from the particle surface to the inside. The retention time of dextran with a molecular weight of 2 million at a flow rate of 0.4 ml/min in a column with an inner diameter of 0.78 cm and a length of 30 cm filled with the porous particles is 20 minutes or more.

Abstract: A liquid crystal composition as a material used for elements for controlling electromagnetic wave signals in a frequency range of 1 GHz to 10 THz, and an element containing this composition are provided. In the liquid crystal composition, a characteristic balance is excellent, and at least one of characteristics of a wide temperature range of a nematic phase, a large refractive index anisotropy in a frequency region used for control, and a small dielectric loss tangent (tan ?) is satisfied. A liquid crystal composition containing at least one compound selected from compounds represented by Formula (1) is provided. For example, R1 is an alkyl having 1 to 12 carbon atoms; ring A1 is 1,4-phenylene; L11, L13, L14, L16, Y11, and Y12 are each hydrogen; L12 is fluorine; and L15 is methyl.

Abstract: A liquid crystal composition, which is a material used for an element for electromagnetic wave signal control in a frequency range of 1 GHz to 10 THz, satisfies at least one of characteristics such as a wide temperature range of a nematic phase and a large refractive index anisotropy and a small dielectric loss tangent (tan ?) in the frequency region used for control, and has an excellent balance of characteristics, and an element containing the composition. A liquid crystal composition including: at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by Formula (1). For example, R1 is C1-12 alkyl; Z11 is a single bond; L11, L12, L13 and L18 are hydrogen; L17 is methyl; Y11 and Y22 are hydrogen; and a and c are respectively 0 or 1, b is 1, and a sum of a, b, and c is 2.

Abstract: A material used in an element for phase control of an electromagnetic wave signal having a frequency of 1 GHz to 10 THz. A liquid crystal composition containing at least one compound selected from a group of compounds represented by Formula (1), at least one compound selected from a group of compounds represented by Formula (2) and at least one compound selected from a group of compounds represented by Formula (3). In Formulae (1) to (3), R1, R21, R22, R31, and R32 may be alkyls having 1 to 12 carbon atoms; a ring A1 may be 1,4-phenylene; Z11, Z13, Z21, Z23, Z31, and Z33 may be single bonds; Z12, Z22, and Z32 may be —C?C— or —C?C—C?C—; L13 to L16, L21 to L23, and L31 to L36 may be hydrogen or fluorine; Y11 and Y12 may be hydrogen or fluorine; and n1 may be 0.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a coating film which is capable of maintaining good water repellency and antifouling properties. [Solution] A photopolymerizable coating composition which contains, as photopolymerizable components, a urethane (meth)acrylate (component (a)) and a photopolymerizable (meth)acrylic compound (component (b)), and which is configured such that: from 1% by weight to 50% by weight (inclusive) of the component (a) and from 50% by weight to 99% by weight (inclusive) of the component (b) relative to the total amount of the photopolymerizable components are mixed; and the component (b) contains a photopolymerizable acrylic compound (component (b1)) which has a structural unit derived from a fluorosilsesquioxane derivative represented by formula (1), a reactive silicone (component (b2)) and a photopolymerizable acrylic compound (component (b3)) which has no urethane unit, no fluorine atom and no Si atom.

Abstract: Provided is a silicone resin composition which exhibits excellent workability and which maintains fluidity even if filled, to a high degree, with a thermally conductive filler. This silicone resin composition contains: a component (A), an organopolysiloxane which is represented by a formula (1) and has a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of 1.20 or less; and a component (B), a thermally conductive filler. In the formula (1), R1 are each independently a monovalent saturated hydrocarbon group or a monovalent aromatic hydrocarbon group, R2 is a monovalent saturated hydrocarbon group, X is oxygen or a divalent hydrocarbon group, n is an integer of 1 or more, and a is an integer between 1 and 3.

Abstract: A photosensitive composition can give a cured film exhibiting high heat resistance and self-repairing properties by light irradiation and low-temperature heating. The photosensitive composition contains a double-decker silsesquioxane (A) having two or more polymerizable double bonds, and a polythiol (B).

Abstract: Provided are: a thermosetting resin composition from which a molded body exhibiting little change in optical characteristics when exposed to high temperatures can be obtained, and which can be applied to various packaging processes; an organosilicon compound from which the composition can be achieved; and a molded body and an optical semiconductor device which are obtained using such a thermosetting resin composition. The thermosetting resin composition includes: a compound that is selected from among organosilicon compounds (A) represented by Formula (1-1) or Formula (1-2); an organosilicon compound (B) that has a plurality of crosslinkable groups in its molecule and is other than the organosilicon compounds (A); and a hydrosilylation catalyst (C), in which the organosilicon compound (B) contains a compound that is crosslinkable with the organosilicon compounds (A).

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a nonwoven fabric that is bulky, has excellent softness, and has high strength. Provided is a nonwoven fabric in which the points at which heat fusible composite fibers intersect with each other are fused by heat. The nonwoven fabric has a high-density-side surface layer where the fiber density is 5 to 20 fibers/mm2. The ratio of the fiber density of the high-density-side surface layer and the fiber density of a low-density-side surface layer of the nonwoven fabric is 1.4 or less. The strength per unit basis weight of the nonwoven fabric is 0.40 N/50 mm or greater.

Abstract: A dispersant is capable of giving excellent filler dispersibility in a liquid medium. The dispersant is an organopolysiloxane represented by formula (1) or (2), wherein R1 is a C1-12 saturated hydrocarbon group, X is a group represented by formula (3), acryloyl, alkyl, carboxyl, vinyl, methacryl, an aromatic group, amino, isocyanato, isocyanurato, epoxy, hydroxyl or mercapto, at least one X is a group represented by formula (3), m, l and k are 0 to 10, and j is 1 to 10. In formula (3), R2 is a C1-12 saturated hydrocarbon group or a C6-12 aromatic hydrocarbon group, Y is a C1-8 divalent hydrocarbon group, and h is 4 to 400.

Abstract: A method of isolating viruses from a liquid with the possibility of containing viruses, including a process of mixing a liquid with the possibility of containing viruses and a water-soluble cationic magnetic fine particle aqueous solution to form conjugates of the cationic magnetic fine particles and the viruses in a mixed solution, a process of mixing a masking agent and an aggregating agent in the mixed solution to form a magnetic composite in which the conjugates are aggregated, and a process of recovering the magnetic composite by magnetic separation, wherein the masking agent is a poly(meth)acrylic acid having a mass-average molecular weight of 5,000 to 100,000, and the poly(meth)acrylic acid is mixed in the mixed solution in a concentration range of 0.01 to 0.1 mass %.

Abstract: To provide a siloxane polymer containing a silsesquioxane unit and a chain siloxane unit in the main chain and having a reactive group. A siloxane polymer containing a repeating unit represented by Formula (1): R0's independently represent C6-20 aryl or C5-6 cycloalkyl; R1 independently represent a hydrogen atom, C6-20 aryl, C5-6 cycloalkyl, C7-40 arylalkyl, or C1-40 alkyl; R2, R4, and R6 independently represent C6-20 aryl, C5-6 cycloalkyl, C7-40 arylalkyl, or C1-40 alkyl; R3 represents a monovalent group having a reactive group; R5's independently represent C6-20 aryl, C5-6 cycloalkyl, C7-40 arylalkyl, C1-40 alkyl, or C1-20 alkoxy; y1, y2, and z are an integer of 0 to 30; g? is 0 or 1; and, in the case of y1=y2=z=0, at least one terminal is the group represented by Formula (2).

Abstract: A laminated acoustic absorption member that includes at least a first fiber layer and a second fiber layer, as well as at least one substrate layer present between the first fiber layer and the second fiber layer, wherein: the first fiber layer has an average flow pore diameter of 0.5-10 ?m and a basis weight of 0.1-200 g/m2; the second fiber layer has an average flow pore diameter of 0.5-10 ?m, the average flow pore diameter of the second fiber layer being equal to or less than that of the first fiber layer, and also has a basis weight of 0.1-200 g/m2; the substrate layer has an air permeability of 40 cc/cm2·s or greater as measured by the Frazier method, and a basis weight of 1-700 g/m2; and the first fiber layer and the second fiber layer are disposed on a sound-incidence side and a sound-transmission side, respectively.