Abstract: A laminate film includes a substrate layer; and a metal oxide layer which is provided on one surface or both surfaces of the substrate layer and contains a metal oxide. Further, the oxygen permeability measured under defined conditions is 20 ml/m2·day·MPa or less and the water vapor permeability measured under conditions of a temperature of 40° C. and a humidity of 90% RH is 2.5 g/m2·day or greater. In addition, when the K? beam intensity of a metal constituting the metal oxide which is obtained by performing fluorescence X-ray analysis on the metal oxide layer is set to A and the K? beam intensity of the metal which is obtained by performing fluorescence X-ray analysis on a metal layer formed of the metal constituting the metal oxide is set to B, A/B is equal to or greater than 0.20 and equal to or less than 0.97.

Abstract: Provided are a block polyamide acid imide having an appropriate solubility in aqueous alkaline solutions, and block polyimides that are obtained using same and have high transparency and a low coefficient of linear thermal expansion (low CTE). The block polyimide comprises blocks configured from repeating structural units represented by defined formula (1A) and blocks configured from repeating structural units represented by defined formula (1B).

Abstract: There is provided a copper foil provided with a carrier exhibiting a high peeling resistance against the developer in the photoresist developing process and achieving high stability of mechanical peel strength of the carrier. The copper foil provided with a carrier comprises a carrier; an interlayer disposed on the carrier, the interlayer having a first surface adjacent to the carrier and containing 1.0 atom % or more of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Ti, Cr, Mo, Mn, W and Ni and a second surface remote from the carrier and containing 30 atom % or more of Cu; a release layer disposed on the interlayer; and an extremely-thin copper layer disposed on the release layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst composition using other metals different from precious metals as a catalytically active component and is to propose a novel catalyst composition for exhaust gas purification which has excellent catalytic activity, in particular, excellent treatment activity of HC even after a thermal durability treatment. The invention is to propose a catalyst composition for exhaust gas purification comprising catalyst particles having a constitution in which Cu and a transition metal A including at least one of Cr, Fe, Mn, Co, Ni, Zr, and Ag are supported on ceria (CeO2) particles and a catalyst using the same.

Abstract: A membrane-electrode assembly including a catalyst layer that includes a catalyst-supporting carrier in which a catalyst is supported on a carrier made of an inorganic oxide, and a highly hydrophobic substance having a higher degree of hydrophobicity than the inorganic oxide, the catalyst layer being formed on at least one surface of a polymer electrolyte membrane. It is preferable that, in the membrane-electrode assembly, the degree of hydrophobicity of the highly hydrophobic substance is from 0.5 vol % to 45 vol % at 25° C., the degree of hydrophobicity being defined as a concentration of methanol (vol %) when a light transmittance of a dispersion obtained by dispersing the highly hydrophobic substance in a mixed solution of water and methanol reaches 80%.

Abstract: A piezoelectric substrate attachment structure including a cable-shaped piezoelectric substrate, a press section provided adjacent to the piezoelectric substrate and pressed from an opposite side from the piezoelectric substrate, and a base section provided adjacent to the piezoelectric substrate on an opposite side from the press section. A ratio Eb/Ea of a Young's modulus Eb of the base section to a Young's modulus Ea of the press section being 10?1 or lower.

Abstract: Provided is a photochromic lens in which a transmittance at 23° C. after irradiation using a xenon lamp at an illuminance of 50,000 lux for 15 minutes satisfies the following conditions. (1) A transmittance at 550 nm is 25% or less. (2) A transmittance a at 550 nm is larger than a minimum transmittance b between 575 nm and 600 nm, and a difference between the transmittance a and the transmittance b is 5% or more. (3) There are one or more points of inflection in a transmittance curve from 550 nm to 600 nm.

Abstract: The present invention is a crosslinked body obtained by crosslinking a composition which comprises 100 parts by mass of (A) an ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated polyene copolymer having one or more peaks of tan ? in the temperature range of ?50 to ?30° C., the tan ? being determined by dynamic viscoelasticity measurement, 50 to 500 parts by mass of (B) an olefin-based copolymer having one or more peaks of tan ? in the temperature range of 0 to 40° C., the tan ? being determined by dynamic viscoelasticity measurement, 5 to 300 parts by mass of (C) a softener, 10 to 300 parts by mass of (D) a reinforcing filler and 0.1 to 10 parts by mass of (E) a vulcanizing agent, and which has a content ratio by mass ((C)/(D)) of (C) the softener to (D) the reinforcing filler of 0.3 to 1.5, the crosslinked body having a durometer hardness (value immediately after measurement) of 50 to 8.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a segmented laminated core is provided. This method includes (A) feeding a metal sheet to a progressive die, (B) stamping out workpieces in the progressive die, workpieces each include a plurality of pieces aligned in the circumferential direction with a circumferential part, and (C) fastening the workpieces together to obtain a segmented laminated core. The step (B) includes (b1) performing cutting-and-bending processing to form a slit line and a bending line across a region configured to be the circumferential part, (b2) returning by push-back a bent part that is a portion between the slit line and the bending line to an original position, and (b3) forming a swaged portion on the bent part. The step (C) includes (c1) fastening the workpieces by the swaged portion.

Abstract: Provided is a polymerizable composition for an optical material including (A) a bifunctional amine having two secondary amino groups, (B) a bifunctional thiol having two mercapto groups, and (C) a bifunctional isocyanate having two isocyanato groups, in which the ratio ((a+b)/c) of the total molar number (a+b) of the molar number a of amino groups in the amine (A) and the molar number b of mercapto groups in the thiol (B) with respect to the molar number c of isocyanato groups in the isocyanate (C) is in the range of 0.85 to 1.15, and the ratio (a/c) of the molar number a of amino groups in the amine (A) with respect to the molar number c of isocyanato groups in the isocyanate (C) is in the range of 0.10 to 0.60.

Abstract: It is a main object of the present invention to impart higher antifogging properties to the hydrophilic material formed of a crosslinked resin, having a surface enriched with hydrophilic groups, previously proposed by the inventors. The laminate of the present invention includes a water absorbing layer (B) and a hydrophilic layer (A) provided in this order on a substrate, wherein the hydrophilic layer (A) is formed of a crosslinked resin having an anionic, cationic or nonionic hydrophilic group, and has a gradient of hydrophilic groups (intensity of hydrophilic group on surface of the hydrophilic layer (A)/intensity of hydrophilic group at ½ of thickness of the hydrophilic layer (A)) of not less than 1.1; and the water absorbing layer (B) is formed of a crosslinked resin having a water absorption rate per unit mass (g) of in the range of 5 to 500 wt %.

Abstract: [Problem to be solved] There is provided a process for producing an olefin polymer that is capable of producing an olefin polymer having high heat resistance and high molecular weight with excellent catalytic activity. [Solution to problem] The process for producing an olefin polymer includes a step of polymerizing at least one olefin selected from ethylene and ?-olefins having 4 to 30 carbon atoms in the presence of an olefin polymerization catalyst containing a transition metal compound represented by the general formula [I], the olefin polymer including constituent units derived from ethylene and ?-olefins having 4 to 30 carbon atoms in a total amount between more than 50 mol % and not more than 100 mol %, [in the formula [I], R1, R3 and R5 to R16 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group or the like; R2 is a hydrocarbon group or the like; R4 is a hydrogen atom; M is a transition metal of Group IV; Q is a halogen atom or the like; and j is an integer of 1 to 4].

Abstract: A production method includes: preparing a metal clad laminate including a dielectric layer?30 ?m thick, a first metal foil on a first surface of the dielectric layer, a second metal foil on a second surface of the dielectric layer, first and second carriers on the metal foil via a releasable layer; arranging the pair of metal clad laminates on a resin substrate so the first carrier of each metal clad laminate faces the resin substrate on each surface of the resin substrate; releasing the second carrier from a laminated member to expose the second metal foil; forming a pattern on the second metal foil; arranging an insulating layer on the pattern and arranging a metal layer on the insulating layer; and separating the first carrier and the first metal foil from each other. The dielectric layer has a strain energy at break of 1.8 MJ or less.

Abstract: Provided is a bonding joining structure in which a heat generating body and a support including a metal are joined to each other via a joint portion composed of a sintered body of copper powder. The support contains copper or gold, the copper or gold being present in at least an outermost surface of the support. An interdiffusion portion in which copper or gold contained in the support and copper contained in the sintered body is formed so as to straddle a bonding interface between the support and the sintered body. Preferably, a copper crystal structure having the same crystal orientation is formed in the interdiffusion portion so as to straddle the bonding interface.

Abstract: [Problem to be solved] There is provided a process for producing an olefin polymer that is capable of producing an olefin polymer having high heat resistance and high molecular weight with excellent catalytic activity. [Solution to problem] The process for producing an olefin polymer includes a step of polymerizing at least one olefin selected from ethylene and ?-olefins having 4 to 30 carbon atoms in the presence of an olefin polymerization catalyst containing a transition metal compound represented by the general formula [I], the olefin polymer including constituent units derived from ethylene and ?-olefins having 4 to 30 carbon atoms in a total amount between more than 50 mol % and not more than 100 mol %, [in the formula [I], R1, R3 and R5 to R16 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group or the like; R2 is a hydrocarbon group or the like; R4 is a hydrogen atom; M is a transition metal of Group IV; Q is a halogen atom or the like; and j is an integer of 1 to 4].

Abstract: This semiconductor wafer surface protection film has a substrate layer A, an adhesive absorption layer B, and adhesive surface layer C, in the stated order. The adhesive absorption layer B comprises an adhesive composition containing a thermoset resin b1, said adhesive absorption layer B having a minimum value G?bmin of the storage elastic modulus G?b in the range of 25° C. to less than 250° C. of 0.001 MPa to less than 0.1 MPa, a storage elastic modulus G?b250 at 250° C. of 0.005 MPa or above, and a temperature at which G?bmin is exhibited of 50-150° C. The adhesive surface layer C has a minimum value G?cmin of the storage elastic modulus G?c in the range of 25° C. to less than 250° C. of 0.03 MPa.

Abstract: Disclosed are: a carbon fiber-reinforced resin composition excellent in properties such as strength and elastic modulus, comprising 100 parts by mass of a polymer alloy (A) which comprises: 25 to 95% by mass of one or more propylene-based polymers (p) selected from a propylene-ethylene block copolymer, a propylene homopolymer and a ropylene-ethylene random copolymer having an ethylene content of 5% by mass or less, 1 to 60% by mass of an acid-modified polyolefin resin (m), 0 to 40% by mass of an ethylene-based polymer (e) and 0 to 50% by mass of a polyamide (n) wherein the total of the component (p), the component (m), the component (e) and the component (n) is 100% by mass, and 1 to 200 parts by mass of a carbon fiber (B).

Abstract: A fuel reforming catalyst which contains an inorganic porous support, a catalytically active species, and catalyst particles including CeO2 and ZrO2 and in which the concentration of ZrO2 in the catalyst particles is higher in the vicinity of the particle surface than in the particle interior and the concentration of CeO2 in the catalyst particles is equal in the particle interior and in the vicinity of the particle surface is proposed for the purpose of providing a new fuel reforming catalyst which can effectively lower the concentration of the hydrocarbon of C2 or more in the gas which has passed through a steam reforming reaction.

Abstract: The invention has an object of providing ethylene/?-olefin copolymers having high randomness and a small number of double bonds in the copolymers. The ethylene/?-olefin copolymers of the invention are obtained by copolymerizing ethylene and an ?-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms in the presence of an olefin polymerization catalyst which includes a bridged metallocene compound (A) represented by the formula [I], and at least one compound (B) selected from organometallic compounds (B-1), organoaluminum oxy compounds (B-2) and compounds (B-3) capable of reacting with the bridged metallocene compound (A) to form an ion pair, and have a specific weight average molecular weight, a specific molecular weight distribution, a specific glass transition point and a specific value B.

Abstract: A cheek link apparatus includes an arm in which a stopper portion is formed by covering a stopper core portion with a resin material and a holding member which defines a full open position of a door by being brought into abutment with the stopper portion. The stopper core portion has curved surfaces on end faces which face an abutment surface of the holding member at least when the abutment surface of the holding member is brought into abutment with the stopper portion. The stopper core position is positioned such that extensions extending in a direction in which a load is applied to the stopper core portion by the holding member pass the curved surfaces.