Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a calcium carbonate sintered compact by which sintering can be done at a lower temperature and a higher-density calcium carbonate sintered compact can be produced. A method for producing a calcium carbonate sintered compact includes the steps of: preparing calcium carbonate and a sintering aid that is a mixture of potassium fluoride, lithium fluoride, and sodium fluoride and has a melting point of 600° C. or less; compression molding a mixture of the calcium carbonate and the sintering aid mixed to contain the sintering aid in an amount of 0.1 to 3.0% by mass, thus making a green compact; and sintering the green compact to produce a calcium carbonate sintered compact.

Abstract: A cell culture device comprises a first inner cylinder formed in a tubular shape, a cell culture membrane placed to cover over an entire one end of the first inner cylinder and configured to be folded down toward an outer surface of the first inner cylinder along an outer circumference at the one end of the first inner cylinder, and an outer cylinder formed in a tubular shape, configured to place the first inner cylinder inside thereof such that a height direction of the outer cylinder is identical with a height direction of the first inner cylinder, and provided with a first slit in an area overlapping with at least the one end of the first inner cylinder to be extended in the height direction, wherein the cell culture membrane is held between an inner wall surface of the outer cylinder and the outer surface of the first inner cylinder.

Abstract: To provide an organic photoelectronic element, of which the external quantum efficiency is improved, the power consumption is low and the service life is prolonged. The organic photoelectronic element comprises a substrate, an anode provided on the substrate, a cathode facing the anode, a light emitting layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, and a hole transport layer provided in contact with the light emitting layer between the light emitting layer and the anode, wherein the hole transport layer contains an organic semiconductor material and a fluorinated polymer, and at the surface of the hole transport layer in contact with the light emitting layer, the fluorinated polymer is present.

Abstract: To provide a charge injection layer in which the refractive index is sufficiently low and unbalance in the composition of materials is less likely to occur, and a method for its production as well as an organic photoelectronic element and a method for its production. The charge injection layer contains a fluorinated polymer and a semiconductor material, and has a refractive index in the wavelength range of from 450 to 800 nm, of at most 1.60.

Abstract: To provide an organic photoelectronic element excellent in light emitting characteristics and long-term reliability. The organic photoelectronic element comprises a substrate, an anode provided on the substrate, a cathode facing the anode, a light emitting layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, a hole transport layer disposed between the light emitting layer and the anode, and an electron blocking layer provided in contact with the light emitting layer and the hole transport layer between the light emitting layer and the hole transport layer, wherein the hole transport layer contains a fluorinated polymer and an organic semiconductor material, and has a refractive index in the wavelength range of from 450 nm to 800 nm, of at most 1.

Abstract: To provide a charge transport layer excellent in the external quantum efficiency, and an organic photoelectronic element comprising the charge transport layer. A charge transport layer comprising a film containing a fluorinated polymer and a semiconductor material, wherein the film has a material composition such that ?Eth is within a range of from 0.010 to 0.080 MV/cm. An organic photoelectronic element comprising the charge transport layer.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an organic thin-film laminate capable of suppressing function reduction even when an intermediate layer is formed using a wet method. The organic thin-film laminate has one or more organic functional layers, the organic thin-film laminate being characterized by being provided with: a first light-emitting layer 12 containing a first light-emitting-layer material that is soluble in a polar solvent other than a fluorinated solvent, and is insoluble in a fluorinated solvent; a second light-emitting layer 14 laminated on the first light-emitting layer 12; and one or more intermediate layers comprising a non-curable material, the intermediate layers being provided between the first light-emitting layer 12 and the second light-emitting layer 14, an intermediate layer 13, among the one or more intermediate layers, containing a conductive polymer having no polymerizable group and containing a fluorinated solvent in the range of 1-1000 mass ppm.

Abstract: A high-purity calcium carbonate sintered body containing less impurities and available for biological and like applications, a production method, a high-purity calcium carbonate porous sintered body containing less impurities and available for biological and like applications, and a production method. A method for producing a high-purity calcium carbonate sintered body includes the steps of: compaction molding calcium carbonate with a purity of 99.7% by mass or more to make a green body; and sintering the green body to produce a calcium carbonate sintered body. A method for producing a high-purity calcium carbonate porous sintered body according to the present invention includes the steps of: preparing a dispersion liquid containing calcium carbonate with a purity of 99.7% by mass or more; adding a foaming agent to the dispersion liquid, followed by stirring until foamy to make a foam; and sintering the foam to produce a calcium carbonate porous sintered body.

Abstract: To provide a composition having a very low refractive index, an organic photoelectronic element using the composition, and simple methods for producing such a composition and an organic photoelectronic element. A composition comprising a fluorinated polymer, an organic semiconductor material and a dopant.

Abstract: To provide a layer such as a charge transport layer having a refractive index significantly lowered without impairing electrical conductivity and surface roughness, and a method for producing it. A deposited film composition obtained by co-depositing a fluorinated polymer having a saturated vapor pressure at 300° C. of at least 0.001 Pa and an organic semiconductor material.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a PC/ABS-based thermoplastic resin composition and a molded article thereof excellent in impact resistance. A thermoplastic resin composition comprising: a polycarbonate (A); at least one resin (B) selected from the group consisting of an ABS resin, an ASA resin, an AES resin and a SAN resin; an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid anhydride-based copolymer (C); and an additive (D), wherein the additive (D) has a function promoting hydrolysis of polycarbonate, and with a content of (C) is 2 to 25 parts by mass.

Abstract: To provide a charge transport layer excellent in the external quantum efficiency, and an organic photoelectronic element comprising the charge transport layer. A charge transport layer comprising a film containing a fluorinated polymer and a semiconductor material, wherein the film has a material composition such that ?Eth is within a range of from 0.010 to 0.080 MV/cm. An organic photoelectronic element comprising the charge transport layer.

Abstract: A multi-directional drive device includes a first drive motor supported by a holding portion and having a first drive shaft, a rotary member integrally connected to the first drive shaft of the first drive motor and configured to rotate together with the first drive shaft, a spherical body supported on the rotary member to be relatively rotatable and configured to rotate about a second rotation center axis different from a first rotation center axis of the first drive shaft, a second drive motor mounted on the rotary member and having a second drive shaft independent of the first drive shaft, and a transmission mechanism provided between the second drive shaft of the second drive motor and the spherical body on the rotary member and configured to transmit power of the second drive shaft to the spherical body and cause the spherical body to slidably rotate about the second rotation center axis with respect to the rotary member, wherein a body to be operated is supported by the spherical body.

Abstract: To Provide is a polymer having high antithrombogenicity compared to a conventional polymer having a glycerol group and suitable as a medical device material. It is the polymer having a structural unit derived from a glycerol group-containing monomer, and a structural unit derived from an unsaturated monomer having a structure in which an organic group having a structure site having 4 or more carbon atoms continuously bound is bound to an ethylenically unsaturated group; and satisfying a glass-transition temperature of 10° C. or less and/or a glass-transition temperature of ?25° C. or less at a saturated water content.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic charge transport layer having a low refractive index, and to an organic EL device, an organic semiconductor device, and an organic photoelectric device which are provided with the organic charge transport layer. An object of the present invention is to provide an organic semiconductor thin film having a dramatically reduced refractive index without impairing conductivity, by mixing a predetermined amount of an electret material into an organic semiconductor material. The organic charge transport layer according to the present invention is characterized by containing an organic semiconductor material and an electret material. It is preferable that the organic semiconductor material is a hole transport material and the electret material has a refractive index of 1.5 or lower.

Abstract: A biocompatible material, which has excellent film formation properties and resistance to water dissolution, and is easily applied on various bases as a coating, while having excellent antithrombotic properties, and to provide an antithrombotic coating agent and an antithrombotic coating film produced by using the biocompatible material, and a medical device provided with the antithrombotic coating film. A copolymer, containing at least one repeating unit (A) represented by formula (1) (wherein, n represents an integer of 2 to 10 and R1 represents a methyl group or an ethyl group), and at least one repeating unit (B) represented by formula (2) (wherein R2 represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon group); an antithrombotic coating agent containing the copolymer and an organic solvent; an antithrombotic coating film formed of the copolymer; and a medical device provided with the coating film.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel method for controlling enzyme productivity of a microorganism. A pulsed electric field is applied to a microorganism to control the enzyme productivity of the microorganism.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a thin film transistor satisfying the relation of L<5 ?m. The method includes a process of forming a streak portion by performing transfer printing on a support using a release member which is provided with an ink streak portion for forming source and drain electrodes and has mold releasability, and baking the streak portion to thereby form the source electrode constituted by a conductor and the drain electrode constituted by a conductor. In the method manufacturing a thin film transistor in which the source and drain electrodes obtained above, a semiconductor layer, an insulator layer, and a gate electrode constituted by a conductor are laminated, after the baking, in a laminated cross section of the thin film transistor to be manufactured is set to A and a channel length thereof is set to L, the ink streak portion is provided so as to satisfy the condition of L/A?0.05.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic charge transport layer having a low refractive index, and to an organic EL device, an organic semiconductor device, and an organic photoelectric device which are provided with the organic charge transport layer. An object of the present invention is to provide an organic semiconductor thin film having a dramatically reduced refractive index without impairing conductivity, by mixing a predetermined amount of an electret material into an organic semiconductor material. The organic charge transport layer according to the present invention is characterized by containing an organic semiconductor material and an electret material. It is preferable that the organic semiconductor material is a hole transport material and the electret material has a refractive index of 1.5 or lower.

Abstract: A method for producing silver nanoparticles according to the present invention includes the steps of: mixing an amine mixture and a silver compound to yield a complex compound; and heating and decomposing the complex compound to form silver nanoparticles. The amine mixture contains: a primary amine (A) having 8 or more carbon atoms and a melting point of 20° C. or lower; a diamine (B) having a primary amino group, a tertiary amino group, 4 or more carbon atoms, and a melting point of 20° C. or lower; and a cis-unsaturated primary amine (C) having 12 or more carbon atoms and a melting point of 30° C. or lower.