Abstract: A method for producing a fiber reinforced plastic can suppress with which wrinkling or bridging in a convex surface or a concave surface having a large curvature at the same time even if the fiber reinforced plastic has a complicated three-dimensional shape. Such methods for producing a fiber reinforced plastic may involve shaping a prepreg sheet in which continuous fibers are impregnated with a resin material into a three-dimensional shape to produce a fiber reinforced plastic (a); wherein at least a portion of the continuous fibers in an area (X) of the prepreg sheet corresponding to an area (X?) in which the fiber reinforced plastic (a) is shear-deformed is bent in an in-plane direction in advance.

Abstract: Provided is a fiber-reinforced resin material molding in which fluctuations of the dispersion state of the fiber bundle in the molding is small, the generation of a resin pool is suppressed, and fluctuations in physical properties such as tensile strength and modulus of elasticity are suppressed; a method for manufacturing the same, and a method for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin material. Provided is a fiber-reinforced resin material molding comprising: a fiber bundle comprising a plurality of reinforcing fibers; and a matrix resin, wherein a coefficient of variation in fiber content of the reinforcing fibers per unit zone of 0.1 mm square on a cut face along a thickness direction is 40% or less.

Abstract: A resin composition contains: (A) an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer; (B) an olefin polymer; 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 exhibits reduced susceptibility to coloration.

Abstract: A phosphor having a favorable emission peak wavelength, narrow full width at half maximum, and/or high emission intensity is provided. Additionally, a light-emitting device, an illumination device, an image display device, and/or an indicator lamp for a vehicle having favorable color rendering, color reproducibility and/or favorable conversion efficiency are provided. The present invention relates to a phosphor including a crystal phase having a composition represented by a specific formula, and when, in a powder X-ray diffraction spectrum of the phosphor, the intensity of a peak that appears in a region where 2?=38-39° is designated as Ix and the intensity of a peak that appears in a region where 2?=37-38° is designated as Iy, the relative intensity Ix/Iy of Ix to Iy is 0.140 or less, and a light-emitting device comprising the phosphor.

Abstract: An object is to provide a nonpolar or semipolar GaN substrate having improved size and crystal quality. A self-standing GaN substrate has an angle between the normal of the principal surface and an m-axis of 0 degrees or more and 20 degrees or less, wherein: the size of the projected image in a c-axis direction when the principal surface is vertically projected on an M-plane is 10 mm or more; and when an a-axis length is measured on an intersection line between the principal surface and an A-plane, a low distortion section with a section length of 6 mm or more and with an a-axis length variation within the section of 10.0×10?5 ? or less is observed.

Abstract: The resin composition according to one aspect of the present invention includes a thermoplastic resin (A), a phosphorus-containing flame retardant (B), and a copolymer (C) of an ?-olefin and an unsaturated carboxylic acid, wherein: a ratio of the phosphorus-containing flame retardant (B) to the thermoplastic resin (A) is 5% by mass or more and 400% by mass or less, and a ratio of the copolymer (C) to the phosphorus-containing flame retardant (B) is 10% by mass or less.

Abstract: A phosphor having a favorable emission peak wavelength, narrow full width at half maximum, and/or high emission intensity is provided. Additionally, a light-emitting device, an illumination device, an image display device, and/or an indicator lamp for a vehicle having favorable color rendering, color reproducibility and/or favorable conversion efficiency are provided. The present invention relates to a phosphor including a crystal phase having a composition represented by a specific formula, and having a minimum reflectance of 20% or more in a specific wavelength region, in which the specific wavelength region is from the emission peak wavelength of the phosphor to 800 nm, and a light-emitting device comprising the phosphor.

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: A compound represented by Formula (1) or (11) below, X-A1-(N?N-A2)n-N?N-A3-Y??(1) (in Formula (1), -A1- and -A2- each independently represent an unsubstituted or substituted divalent group of an aromatic heterocyclic ring including one or more S atoms wherein atoms constituting the aromatic heterocyclic ring other than a carbon atom are not adjacent to one another, an unsubstituted or substituted divalent group of a benzisothiazole ring, or an unsubstituted or substituted divalent group of an aromatic hydrocarbon ring; -A3- represents an unsubstituted or substituted divalent group of an aromatic hydrocarbon ring; —X represents a branched alkyl, alkoxy, or alkylsulfanyl group having 3 or more carbon atoms; —Y represents a monovalent organic group; n represents 1, 2, or 3; when n is 2 or 3, a plurality of -A2-'s may be identical to or different from one another; and -A1- and -A2- do not represent an unsubstituted or substituted divalent group of an aromatic hydrocarbon ring at the same time), X-A41-(

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a fiber-reinforced resin material having minimal directionality of strength as well as excellent productivity, a method and device for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin material whereby a molded article is obtained, and a device for inspecting a fiber bundle group. A method for manufacturing a sheet-shaped fiber-reinforced resin material in which a paste (P1) is impregnated between cut fiber bundles (CF), the method for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin material including a coating step applying a coating of a paste (P1) on a first sheet (S11) conveyed in a predetermined direction, a cutting step for cutting a long fiber bundle (CF) using a cutter (113A), a scattering step for dispersing the cut fiber bundles (CF) and scattering the cut fiber bundles (CF) on the paste (P1), and an impregnation step for pressing a fiber bundle group (F1) and the paste (P1) on the first sheet (S11) and impregnating the paste (P1) between the fiber bundles (CF).

Abstract: A water-soluble film includes a polyvinyl alcohol resin (A) as a main component, wherein the ratio (XTD/XMD) of a degree of elongation (XTD) in the transverse direction (TD) of the water-soluble film to a degree of elongation (XMD) in the machine direction (MD) thereof when the water-soluble film is floated on the surface of water at 20° C. for 60 seconds is from 1.05 to 1.5. The water-soluble film exhibits reduced curling, exhibits reduced positional shift, and shows satisfactory sealability while forming a package.

Abstract: A chopped carbon fiber bundle comprising carbon fibers and a sizing agent, the sizing agent including a compound having a maleimide group, the compound having a maleimide group being liquid at 25° C. A method for producing a chopped carbon fiber bundle, the method comprising a step of applying an aqueous dispersion of a secondary sizing agent including a compound having a maleimide group to a long-length carbon fiber bundle including a primary sizing agent deposited thereon, in order to prepare a long-length carbon fiber bundle further including the aqueous dispersion of the secondary sizing agent, and a step of cutting the long-length carbon fiber bundle including the aqueous dispersion of the secondary sizing agent. A chopped carbon fiber bundle that has improved. heat resistance and. feedabli and that is capable of beng produced with high productivity is provided.

Abstract: A problem to be solved of the present invention is to provide a diverting agent which gradually dissolves in water. The present invention relates to a diverting agent containing a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin and a method of filling a fracture using the diverting agent.

Abstract: First embodiment of a (meth)acrylic copolymer in the present invention includes following: a (meth)acrylic copolymer having at least one kind of constitutional unit selected from the group consisting of a constitutional unit (A1) having at least one kind of structure (I) selected from the group consisting of structures represented by the following formula (1), formula (2), or formula (3) and a constitutional unit (A2) having a triorganosilyloxycarbonyl group and a constitutional unit (B) derived from a macromonomer (b): (where, X represents —O—, —S—, or —NR14—, R14 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, R1 and R2 each represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, R3 and R5 each represent an alkyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group, or an aryl group, and R4 and R6 each represent an alkylene group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms).

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin molding material having a cut fiber tow impregnated with a resin includes a separation step of intermittently separating a fiber tow and forming at least two separation-processed lines arranged side by side in a width direction of the fiber tow and a cutting step of cutting the fiber tow at an interval in the longitudinal direction, and the separation step and the cutting step are carried out to satisfy (1) to (3). (1) 1?c/L?50 (2) c<a (3) b/L<1 “c” is an overlapping length of separated parts when one separation-processed line is projected to another separation-processed line adjacent thereto in the width direction, “L” is the interval in the cutting step, “a” is a length of the separated part in the separation-processed line, and “b” is a length of an unseparated part in the separation-processed line.

Abstract: An aliphatic-aromatic polyester resin comprising principal structural units that includes aliphatic dicarboxylic acid units, aromatic dicarboxylic acid units, and aliphatic diol units and/or alicyclic diol units, wherein an abundance ratio (molar ratio) between the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid units and the aromatic dicarboxylic acid units is 15:85 to 85:15; the aliphatic-aromatic polyester resin has a glass transition temperature of ?25° C. or more; and the aliphatic-aromatic polyester resin has branched structures represented by formulae (1) to (4) below: where Ar1, Ar2, and Ar3 each independently represent an optionally substituted divalent group having 4 to 12 carbon atoms, the optionally substituted divalent group being a divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group or a divalent aromatic heterocyclic group; R represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and n, m, and r are each independently an integer of 2 to 10.

Abstract: The polyester resin of the present invention is a polyester resin obtained by using polyethylene terephthalate, a polyvalent carboxylic acid component, and a polyhydric alcohol component, wherein the polyester resin comprises 1 molar part or more in total of at least one type of structural unit selected from the group consisting of a structural unit derived from a tri- or higher valent carboxylic acid and a structural unit derived from a tri- or higher hydric alcohol, with respect to 100 molar parts of structural units derived from an acid component, and wherein a heat absorption is 0.1 to 10 J/g as measured with respect to the polyester resin heat-treated at 150° C. for 30 minutes.

Abstract: A sheet molding compound according to a first aspect of the present invention comprises: a thickened product of a resin composition comprising a vinyl ester resin, a thickener, a polymerization initiator, a polymerization inhibitor and isobornyl methacrylate; and a reinforcing fiber.

Abstract: A conductive composition comprising a conductive polymer (A), a water-soluble polymer (B), and a solvent (C1), wherein: the water-soluble polymer (B) comprises a water-soluble polymer (B11) represented by formula (11), and an amount of a water-soluble polymer (B2) represented by formula (2) as the water-soluble polymer (B) is 0.15% by mass or less, based on a total mass of the conductive composition: wherein R1 denotes a linear or branched alkyl group with 6 to 20 carbon atoms, each of R4 and R5 independently denotes a methyl or ethyl group, R6 denotes a hydrophilic group, R7 denotes a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, Y1 denotes a single bond, —S—, —S(?O)—, —C(?O)—O— or —O—, Z denotes a cyano group or a hydroxy group, each of p1 and q denotes an average number of repetitions, and is a number of from 1 to 50, and m denotes a number of from 1 to 5.

Abstract: Provided is a resin composition for producing a coating composition excellent in appearance, abrasion resistance, and hardness of a coating film. The resin composition of the present invention includes a compound A having a branched structure which has a terminal hydroxyl group, a polyisocyanate B, and an inorganic particle C, in which the inorganic particle C has a functional group enabling reacting with a hydroxyl group or an isocyanate group on a surface thereof.