Abstract: A resin composition includes: an ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer saponified product (A); and fatty acid metal salts, wherein the fatty acid metal salts include at least two fatty acid metal salts selected from a fatty acid metal salt having 3 to 12 carbon atoms (B), a fatty acid metal salt having 13 to 20 carbon atoms (C), and a fatty acid metal salt having 21 to 29 carbon atoms (D), and wherein at least one of the fatty acid metal salts selected from the fatty acid metal salts (B), (C), and (D) includes a zinc salt. The resulting resin composition is capable of forming a multilayer structure that has suppressed occurrence of appearance failure and minimized color tone deterioration at the time of its melt molding.

Abstract: A task is to provide a non-aqueous electrolytic solution exhibiting excellent cycle capacity maintaining ratio and excellent low-temperature resistance characteristics and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using the same. An object of the present invention is to provide a non-aqueous electrolytic solution which improves the cycle capacity maintaining ratio and low-temperature resistance characteristics, and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using the non-aqueous electrolytic solution.

Abstract: Provided are: a GaN crystal used in a substrate for a nitride semiconductor device having a horizontal device structure, such as a GaN-HEMT; and a GaN substrate used for the production of a nitride semiconductor device having a horizontal device structure, such as a GaN-HEMT. The GaN crystal and the GaN substrate each include a surface having an inclination of 10° or less from a (0001) crystal plane and an area of 5 cm2 or more, and have an Mn concentration of 1.0 × 1016 atoms/cm3 or higher but lower than 1.0 × 1019 atoms/cm3 and a total donor impurity concentration of lower than 5.0 × 1016 atoms/cm3.

Abstract: The present invention provides a non-aqueous liquid electrolyte that can inhibit a capacity loss during continuous charging of a cell. A non-aqueous liquid electrolyte containing oxalato-complex anions (A), LiPF6, a symmetrical chain-form carbonate, and a chain-form carboxylic acid ester (C) in which the viscosity at 25° C. is 0.01-0.47 cP, wherein the non-aqueous liquid electrolyte is characterized in that: the ratio (A/B) of the amount (mass) of oxalato-complex anions (A) to the amount (mass) of PF6? anions (B) is 0.0001-0.30; and the total amount of the symmetrical chain-form carbonate and the chain-form carboxylic acid ester (C) in which the viscosity at 25° C. is 0.01-0.47 cP, relative to the total amount of the non-aqueous liquid electrolyte, is 1-45 mass %.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a nonaqueous electrolytic solution for use in a nonaqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery that comprises a negative electrode and a positive electrode capable of storing and releasing metal ions, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution, wherein the nonaqueous electrolytic solution contains the specific compounds (A) and (B).

Abstract: Provided is a liquid crosslinking agent in which liquid life (pot life) as an undiluted solution is sufficiently long and excellent coating properties are exhibited when used. A liquid crosslinking agent containing an epoxy compound and an emulsifier, in which a content of water is 39% by mass or less with respect to a total amount of a liquid, and a contact angle with respect to a poly(ethylene-methacrylic acid) film when preparing an aqueous dispersion in which a concentration of a non-volatile component is 15% by mass is 42.0° or less. It is preferable that the epoxy compound has two or more epoxy groups in molecules, and it is preferable that the emulsifier is a nonionic surfactant. Provided is a coating method of a liquid crosslinking agent including diluting the liquid crosslinking agent with water to be used for coating.

Abstract: A modified EVOH resin comprising aliphatic polyester units, wherein an average chain length of the aliphatic polyester units in the modified EVOH resin is 1.5 or more. A significant decrease in melting point is suppressed in the modified EVOH resin.

Abstract: [Problem] Provided is a resin composition capable of producing a film having an excellent gas-barrier property and a small variation in thickness. [Solution] The resin composition comprises (A) an EVOH-based resin in an amount of at least 40% by weight but 99% by weight or less, (B) a PVA-based resin (B), and (C) an acid-modified polyolefin. The resin composition contains at most 1% of volatile content. The component (B) is preferably a PVA-based resin having a primary hydroxyl group in the side chain.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an infrared light-emitting phosphor which emits light in a wavelength range where the sensitivity of a detector is high by combination with a semiconductor light-emitting element that emits light in the visible light region, and to provide an infrared light-emitting device using the infrared light-emitting phosphor. The object can be achieved with a light-emitting device including a semiconductor light-emitting element that emits ultraviolet light or visible light and a phosphor that absorbs ultraviolet light or visible light emitted from the semiconductor light-emitting element and emits light in the infrared region, wherein an emission peak wavelength in the infrared region of the phosphor emitting in the infrared region is from 750 to 1,050 nm, and the half width of an emission peak waveform is more than 50 nm.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a resin composition includes a low-density bio-polyethylene resin (A), an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (B) in which the ethylene content is 20 to 60 mol %, and at least one component (C) selected from the group consisting of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, an acid-modified polymer, and an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer in which the ethylene content is 70 to 90 mol %, the low-density bio-polyethylene resin (A) being a low-density bio-polyethylene resin other than a linear low-density bio-polyethylene resin, the weight ratio [(A)/(B)] of the component (A) to the component (B) being 10/90 to 49/51.

Abstract: Provided is a support material for fused deposition modeling capable of being supplied in the form of filament excellent in flexibility and uniformity of wire diameter. The support material comprises a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin (A) and a polylactone (B) having a specific molecular weight in a specific content. The filamentous support material is excellent in productivity. Moreover, the support material portion after the fused deposition modeling can be removed by washing by use of water. The resulting waste liquid is biodegradable and thus the support material is environmentally friendly.

Abstract: Provided is a mold release film capable of transferring a concave-convex structure to the surface of an adhesive film.

Abstract: A diverting agent of the present invention contains a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin, wherein when the diverting agent is added to a 0.48 mass % aqueous solution of guar gum to prepare a mixed solution having a concentration of 12 mass %, a dispersion liquid obtained by dispersing the mixed solution at 30° C.

Abstract: Provided is a resin composition containing a melt-moldable polyvinyl alcohol-based resin which is improved in gas barrier property, and a melt-molded article of the resin composition. The resin composition comprises a polyhydric alcohol having 5 to 15 carbon atoms in addition to a melt-moldable polyvinyl alcohol-based resin which has a primary hydroxyl group in the side chain. The polyhydric alcohol is preferably at least one selected from the group consisting of dipentaerythritol and pentaerythritol.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an emulsion composition that maintains emulsion stability even after high temperature process such as sterilization (heat resistance), shows a small change in particle size distribution between before and after heating, and maintains emulsion stability even under conditions where transformation of an oil phase component (for example, solidification or crystallization of the oil phase component due to temperature drop, or melting of the oil phase component due to temperature rise) occurs (temperature drop resistance), wherein the composition is easily handled during the production process. The object is solved by an oil-in-water emulsion composition containing solid particles, a predefined surfactant, an oil phase component, and an aqueous phase component, wherein the oil phase component includes a predefined oil component and the solid particles are distributed along the interface between the oil phase component and the aqueous phase component.

Abstract: A gallium nitride substrate comprising a first main surface and a second main surface opposite thereto, wherein the first main surface is a non-polar or semi-polar plane, a dislocation density measured by a room-temperature cathode luminescence method in the first main surface is 1×104 cm?2 or less, and an averaged dislocation density measured by a room-temperature cathode luminescence method in an optional square region sizing 250 ?m×250 ?m in the first main plan is 1×106 cm?2 or less.

Abstract: A resin composition contains: (A) an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer having an ethylene structural unit content of 20 to 60 mol %; (B) a saponified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer having an ethylene structural unit content of not less than 70 mol %; and (C) a sorbic acid ester; wherein the sorbic acid ester (C) is present in an amount of 0.00001 to 10 ppm based on the weight of the resin composition. The resin composition is resistant to coloration.

Abstract: The present invention provides ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition pellet reduced in coloration. The ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition pellet of the invention include an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A), a polyamide resin (B), and an alkaline earth metal salt (C) and have a yellowness index (YI) value of 10 or less when examined with a spectral color-difference meter by a transmission method.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing methacrylyl-CoA that converts 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA into methacrylyl-CoA using an enzyme having dehydratase activity as a method for producing methacrylyl-CoA using an enzyme catalyst. In this production method, conversion rate of 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA into methacrylyl-CoA by the enzyme having dehydratase activity is 50% or higher. In this production method, furthermore, the enzyme having dehydratase activity derives from a microorganism belonging to the genus Pseudomonas or Rhodococcus.

Abstract: This polyethylene furanoate has an intrinsic viscosity of 0.95 - 1.50 dl/g. Said intrinsic viscosity is measured (the Huggins constant is defined as 0.32) at 30° C. by using an Ubbelohde viscometer, after dissolving 0.25 g of the polyethylene furanoate in 50 ml of a solvent mixture of phenol/1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane = 50/50 (weight ratio).