Abstract: Provided is a shaped article for clean rooms comprising a resin composition prepared by melt-kneading 100 parts by weight of a cyclic olefin polymer (A) having a glass transition temperature of from 60 to 200° C., from 1 to 150 parts by weight of a flexible copolymer (B) prepared by polymerizing at least two monomers selected from a group consisting of olefins, dienes and aromatic vinyl-hydrocarbons, and having a glass transition temperature of 0° C. or lower, from 0.001 to 1 part by weight of a radical initiator (C), and from 0 to 1 part by weight of a polyfunctional compound (D) having at least two radical-polymerizable functional groups in the molecule. The shaped article for clean rooms has good chemical resistance, heat resistance and dimensional accuracy, it is inhibited from releasing a volatile component around it, and it has good abrasion resistance and is inhibited from producing particles.

Abstract: Provided are a carrier for electrophotography developers prepared by generating a slight amount of byproducts such as water, alcohol, etc, which carrier is free from release of a magnetic powder, has excellent mechanical strength and durability, and good environmental stability, and further can restrain occurrence of toner spent condition and has favorable fluidity and excellent capability of imparting charging to a toner, a two-component developer comprising the carrier and a method for forming an image using the developer. The carrier for electrophotography developers comprises a magnetic powder dispersed binder resin, the binder resin material comprises (A) a polysiloxane compound having an epoxy group as a functional group and (B) a polysiloxane compound having a group capable of ring-opening addition reaction with the epoxy group of the polysiloxane compound (A), and the binder resin is a silicone resin prepared by curing with ring-opening addition reaction of the epoxy resin.

Abstract: A black composite oxide particle includes a composite oxide having Fe, Mg and Al as metal components. The particle contains Fe, Mg and Al in amounts of 30 to 55 mass %, 1 to 10 mass %, and 1 to 10 mass %, respectively, and has an atomic ratio of Fe3+/Fe2+ of 0.8 to 10. Also described is a method for producing the black composite oxide particle. In an embodiment, the particle includes a hydrated composite oxide represented by an empirical formula: Fe2+aFe3+bMgcAldOe·nH2O. The black composite oxide particle is suitable as a black pigment for a coating material, an ink, toner particles, a rubber and a plastic, and is reduced with respect to the load on the environment and excellent in blackness.

Abstract: A half-open position holding apparatus for a vehicle opening and closing member includes an opening and closing member supported in a vehicle body to be openable and closable and has an opening and closing member driving unit that has a motor and a electromagnetic clutch that can put a power transmission path connecting the motor and the opening and closing member in a connected state and in a disconnected state, for driving the opening and closing member in opening and closing directions thereof, and an in-vehicle battery serving as a power source for the electromagnetic clutch.

Abstract: A solvent dispersion of a composite resin which comprises a solvent and a composite resin comprising a thermoplastic elastomer (A) and a polymer of copolymerizable monomers (B) comprising a monomer having an ?,?-monoethylenically unsaturated group and other copolymerizable monomer(s), wherein the thermoplastic elastomer (A) is a propylene-based elastomer having a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of not more than 3 as measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC), and the copolymerizable monomers (B) include at least one monomer containing no functional groups; and uses of the dispersion. The dispersion can be used to provide a coating material, primer, adhesive, additive, binder, film, and primer for strippable paints and traffic paints, which have excellent adhesiveness to various materials.

Abstract: A novel olefin-based polymer has excellent thermal resistance, as well as excellent balance among various properties. The olefin-based polymer is an olefin-based polymer comprising 50 to 100% by weight of a constituent unit derived from 4-methyl-1-pentene, and 0 to 50% by weight of a constituent unit derived from at least one olefin selected from olefins having 2 to 20 carbon atoms except 4-methyl-1-pentene, and having the following properties: i) the diad isotacticity is 70% or greater, ii) the ratio (Mw/Mn) of the weight average molecular weight (Mw) to the number average molecular weight (Mn) as measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) is in the range of 1.0 to 3.5, and iii) the intrinsic viscosity [?] is 0.5 (dl/g) or greater.

Abstract: A viscosity modifier for lubricating oils or an additive composition for lubricating oils, which is excellent in oil-thickening properties and can provide lubricating oil compositions excellent in low-temperature characteristics and handleability at low temperatures; and lubricating oil compositions excellent in low-temperature characteristics and handleability at low temperatures.

Abstract: A surface of copper foil wound onto a guide roller 26 is irradiated with light. Specular light from the copper foil surface is received by CCD cameras 14a, and scattered light from the copper foil surface is received by CCD cameras 14b. When, in a region in which the amount of specular light received by the CCD cameras 14a is equal to or larger than a first threshold, a portion having a luminance equal to or larger than a second threshold is present, and when the amount of scattered light received by the CCD cameras 14b is smaller than a luminance average, that region is determined to be a defective copper portion.

Abstract: A polymer gel electrolyte composition includes a crosslinked polymer network matrix having a three-dimensional crosslinked structure that includes a solution of an electrolyte in a non-aqueous solvent, and a non-crosslinked polymer included within the crosslinked polymer network matrix. The non-crosslinked polymer includes (a) an ethylene unit and/or propylene unit, and (b) an unsaturated carboxylic acid unit having a carboxyl group esterified by a polyalkylene glycol having one terminal hydroxyl group protected.

Abstract: Disclosed are organic particles for an inkjet recording sheet comprising a copolymer (a) which is obtained by copolymerizing alicyclic (meth)acrylate (A) represented by the formula (1) and other monomer (B) copolymerizable with (A): wherein R represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and R1 represents an alicyclic hydrocarbon group having 8 to 20 carbon atoms.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a copper foil with an ultra thin resin layer for a printed wiring board without roughening treatment. In order to achieve the object, there is adopted a copper foil with an ultra thin adhesive layer for a printed wiring board 1 or the like, which is a copper foil provided with an ultra thin primer resin layer for securing good laminating adhesiveness with a resin base material on one side of a copper foil 3 without roughening treatment, characterized in that a silane coupling agent layer 2 is formed on a surface of the copper foil without the roughening treatment having a surface roughness (Rz) of 2 ?m or below, and an ultra thin primer resin layer 4 having a converted thickness of 1 to 5 ?m is formed on the silane coupling agent layer 2.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a novel fungicide which exhibits a wide controlling spectrum against pathogens of various crops, and solves the toleration problem.

Abstract: A pellicle comprises a pellicle film and a pellicle frame for supporting the pellicle film, wherein the pellicle film is adhered to the pellicle frame through an adhesive layer comprising a fluorine-containing polymer and a substance resulting from curing of an ultraviolet-curing fluorine-containing monomer. A producing method of a pellicle including a pellicle film and a pellicle frame for supporting the pellicle film, comprises a step of adhering the pellicle film to the pellicle frame through an adhesive comprising a fluorine-containing polymer and an ultraviolet-curing fluorine-containing monomer.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a surface treated copper foil and the like, which ensure practically sufficient adhesion when a copper foil having no roughening treatment applied hereto is bonded with a polyimide resin substrate and which have no slip-in of plated tin. To attain the object, there is employed a surface treated copper foil for a polyimide resin substrate characterized by being an electro-deposited copper foil having a surface treatment layer for improving adhesion to the polyimide resin substrate on a shiny surface side, in which, the surface treatment layer is a nickel-zinc alloy layer or a cobalt-zinc alloy layer containing nickel or cobalt in an amount of 65 wt % to 90 wt % and zinc in an amount of 10 wt % to 35 wt % except for inevitable impurities and having a weight thickness of 30 mg/m2 to 70 mg/m2.

Abstract: A thermal sensor in which, when an object to be measured is a water-based liquid, attachment of air bubbles to the external surface of the sensor is reduced to improve measurement accuracy. The thermal sensor has a sensing element (21a) including a heat producing body and a temperature sensing body, a resin mold (23) for sealing the sensing element (21a), and a heat transmission member (21c) for transmitting heat between the sensing element (21a) and a water-based object to be measured. A part of the heat transmission member (21c) is exposed from the resin mold (23) to form an exposed surface section. A hydrophilic film (50) formed of a silicon oxide film is applied to the exposed surface section and to that part of the surface of the resin mold which is positioned around the exposed surface section.

Abstract: A semiconductor device (having an interlayer insulating film) which is sufficiently low in the dielectric constant and high in the mechanical strength is provided. A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes: a step of forming a dielectric thin film in which a plurality of pores are arranged around a skeleton mainly made of a Si—O bond, on a surface of a semiconductor substrate on which a desired element region is formed; a step of applying patterning on a surface of the dielectric thin film through a mask; and a step of bringing a gas containing at least one kind of tetramethylcyclotetrasiloxane (TMCTS), hexamethylsilazane (HMDS) and trimethylchlorosilane (TMCS) molecules into contact with the patterned surface of the dielectric thin film.

Abstract: A composition having excellent transparency, flexibility, rubber elasticity, thermal resistance, impact resistance, abrasion resistance and the like, a composition having excellent rigidity and impact resistance as well as excellently balanced in whitening resistance, abrasion resistance and heat sealability, and a composition having excellent rubbery properties, thermal resistance, abrasion resistance and flexibility are provided. A composition comprising a specific propylene•?-olefin copolymer for which, in a signal chart measured by 13C-NMR and predetermined such that the peak present at the highest magnetic field among the signals originating from CH (methine) of the constituent unit derived from an ?-olefin having 4 to 20 carbon atoms is to be at 34.4 ppm, an absorption intensity A at about 22.0 to 20.9 ppm and an absorption intensity B at about 19.0 to 20.6 ppm satisfy the following relational expressions (i) and (ii) with respect to an absorption intensity C at about 19.0 to 22.

Abstract: Provided is a process for efficiently producing a molded product with an improved moldability in blow molding and no deterioration of the physical properties of the molded product. The process comprises melting a mixture of a thermoplastic resin and a polyolefin wax which has a number-average molecular weight (Mn) in terms of polyethylene, as measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC), in the range of 200 to 5,000, and a crystallization temperature, as measured by a differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), in the range of 65 to 120° C.; and then subjecting the mixture to blow molding.

Abstract: A process for producing a rubber composition containing a nonconjugated polyene copolymer (A), a softener (B) and a diene rubber (C), comprising: a step of mixing a copolymer composition (I), said copolymer composition (I) comprising 100 parts by weight of a nonconjugated polyene copolymer (A), said nonconjugated polyene copolymer (A) being a random copolymer containing 96 to 70 mol % of the structural units derived from ?-olefin (A1) and 4 to 30 mol % of the structural units derived from nonconjugated polyene (A2) and having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of ?25 to 20° C., and 1 to 100 parts by weight of the softener (B); the diene rubber (C); and optionally further the softener (B). A tire tread using the rubber composition and a tire having the tire tread.

Abstract: Disclosed is a novel compound suitable as an electron transporting material for organic electronic devices. Also disclosed is an organic electronic device using such a compound which has higher sensitivity and longer life than conventional organic electronic devices. Specifically disclosed is a compound having a structure wherein structural units represented by the general formula (1) below are bonded to one another without a linking group, wherein, in the formula, X1 to X4 independently represent an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or NR0 (wherein R0 represents a hydrogen atom, or a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent organic group); Z0 represents a tetravalent organic group; and * represents a bonding position.