Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide a catalyst having excellent oxygen reduction reaction activity. The present invention relates to a catalyst comprising a catalyst support and a catalyst metal supported on the catalyst support, wherein a specific surface area of the catalyst per support weight is 715 m2/g support or more or a covering ratio of the catalyst metal with an electrolyte is less than 0.5, and an amount of an acidic group of the catalyst per support weight is 0.75 mmol/g support or less.

Abstract: Provided are an fiber-reinforced plastic molding material having a satisfactory handling property, long storage stability, and high moldability enabling shaping into even a complicated shape, and a molded article thereof having excellent heat resistance, mechanical strength, and a method of producing the same. The fiber-reinforced plastic molding material includes a matrix resin containing, as an essential component, a phenoxy resin being solid at ordinary temperature and having a melt viscosity of 3,000 Pa·s or less at anywhere in the temperature region of from 160° C. to 220° C., with an epoxy resin and a cross-linking agent being blended as desired, in which the matrix resin is turned into fine powder having an average particle diameter (d50) of from 10 ?m to 150 ?m, and the matrix resin is caused to adhere to a reinforcing fiber base material by powder coating so as to achieve a resin content of from 20% to 50%.

Abstract: A carbon material for catalyst carrier use excellent in both durability and power generation performance under operating conditions at the time of low humidity, in particular both durability of a carbon material for catalyst carrier use with respect to repeated load fluctuations due to startup and shutdown and power generation performance under operating conditions at the time of low humidity, and a catalyst for solid-polymer fuel cell use prepared using the same etc. are provided. To solve this technical problem, according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a carbon material for catalyst carrier use satisfying the following (A) to (D): (A) an oxygen content OICP of 0.1 to 3.0 mass % contained in the carbon material for catalyst carrier use; (B) a residual amount of oxygen O1200° C. of 0.1 to 1.5 mass % remaining after heat treatment in an inert gas (or vacuum) atmosphere at 1200° C.

Abstract: Provided are an organic electroluminescent device (organic EL device) that is improved in luminous efficiency, sufficiently secures driving stability, and has a simple construction, and a material for an organic EL device to be used in the device. The material for an organic EL device includes a carborane compound represented by the general formula (1), and the carborane compound has a structure in which a six-membered ring group containing at least two nitrogen atoms is bonded to a carborane ring. The material for an organic EL device is suitable as a host material for a light-emitting layer containing a phosphorescent light-emitting dopant and the host material, or as a material for a hole-blocking layer. In the formula, rings A's each represent a divalent carborane group represented by the formula (1a) or the formula (1b), and two or more of X's each represent N.

Abstract: Provided is a display device that can be made thin, lightweight, and flexible, has no problems of cracks and peeling caused by thermal stress, and is excellent in dimension stability and the like. The display device includes: a supporting base including a polyimide film; and a gas barrier layer formed on the supporting base, in which the polyimide film has a transmittance of 80% or more in a wavelength region of from 440 nm to 780 nm, and a coefficient of thermal expansion of 15 ppm/K or less, and has a difference in coefficient of thermal expansion from the gas barrier layer of 10 ppm/K or less.

Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescent device (organic EL device) with improved luminous efficiency, sufficiently ensured driving stability, and a simple construction. The organic electroluminescent device includes an anode, an organic layer, and a cathode laminated on a substrate, in which at least one organic layer selected from the group consisting of a light-emitting layer, a hole-transporting layer, an electron-transporting layer, an electron-blocking layer, and a hole-blocking layer contains a carborane compound that has at least one carborane ring with a silyl group on the carbon thereof.

Abstract: A resin film, in which at least one of polyimide layers is a non-thermoplastic polyimide layer having a linear thermal expansion coefficient of 1×10?6 to 30×10?6 (1/K), is shown. The non-thermoplastic polyimide layer is composed of a polyimide which is produced by reacting an anhydride component containing an aromatic tetracarboxylic anhydride with a diamine component, wherein the diamine component contains both a dimer acid-type diamine produced by replacing each of two terminal carboxyl groups in a dimer acid with a primary aminomethyl or amino group and an aromatic diamine, and the dimer acid-type diamine is contained in an amount of 1 to 15 mol % relative to the whole diamine component.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material of lithium secondary battery includes: at least one of a petroleum-derived green coke and a coal-derived green coke; and at least one of a petroleum-derived calcined coke and a coal-derived calcined coke within a mass ratio range of 90:10 to 10:90 which are fired.

Abstract: A compound represented by D-A-D is useful as a light emitter for an organic electroluminescent device:

Abstract: Provided are a novel organic electroluminescent device material and an organic electroluminescent device using the same. The organic electroluminescent device material includes a compound represented by the following formula (1). The organic electroluminescent device of the present invention includes a substrate, an anode, an organic layer, and a cathode, the anode, the organic layer, and the cathode being laminated on the substrate, in which the organic layer contains the organic electroluminescent device material. The organic electroluminescent device material is suitable as a host material for a light-emitting layer containing a phosphorescent light-emitting dopant. In the formula, L represents an aromatic group including at least one aromatic heterocyclic group, and Ar1 to Ar4 each represent an aromatic group.

Abstract: Provided is a catalyst for fuel cell which has a high catalytic activity and enables maintaining the high catalytic activity. Disclosed is an electrode catalyst for fuel cell comprising a catalyst carrier containing carbon as a main component and a catalytic metal supported on the catalyst carrier, wherein the catalyst has the R? (D?/G intensity ratio) of 0.6 or less, which is the ratio of D? band peak intensity (D? intensity) measured in the vicinity of 1620 cm?1 relative to G band peak intensity (G intensity) measured in the vicinity of 1580 cm?1 by Raman spectroscopy, and the volume ratio of a water vapor adsorption amount relative to a nitrogen adsorption amount at a relative pressure of 0.5 in adsorption isotherm is 0.15 or more and 0.30 or less.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode catalyst for fuel cell containing a catalyst carrier having carbon as a main component and a catalytic metal carried on the catalyst carrier, wherein the electrode catalyst for fuel cell has a ratio R? (D?/G intensity ratio) of a peak intensity of D? band (D? intensity) measured in the vicinity of 1620 cm?1 to a peak intensity of G band (G intensity) measured in the vicinity of 1580 cm?1 by Raman spectroscopy of more than 0.6 and 0.8 or less, and satisfies at least one of the (a) to (d). According to the present invention, an electrode catalyst for fuel cell excellent in gas transportability is provided.

Abstract: A resin-metal composite 100 includes resin particles 10 and metal particles 20. The metal particles 20 are dispersed or immobilized on the resin particles 10, and portions of the metal particles 20 are three-dimensionally distributed in a surface section 60 of the resin particles 10. The metal particles 20 include encased metal particles 30 completely encased in the resin particles 10, partially exposed metal particles 40 having a portion embedded in a resin particle 10 and a portion exposed from the resin particle 10, and surface-adsorbed metal particles 50 absorbed on the surface of a resin particle 10.

Abstract: Provided are an organic EL device practically satisfactory in terms of its light-emitting characteristics, driving voltage, and durability, and a compound for an organic EL device to be used in the device. The organic EL device has a structure in which an anode, a plurality of organic layers including a light-emitting layer, and a cathode are laminated on a substrate, and the organic EL device contains, in at least one organic layer selected from the light-emitting layer, a hole-transporting layer, an electron-transporting layer, a hole-blocking layer, and an electron-blocking layer, an adamantane compound having at least one triarylborane structure in a molecule thereof as the compound for an organic EL device.

Abstract: Provided are an organic EL device which is practically satisfactory in terms of a light-emitting characteristic, a driving voltage, and durability, and a compound for organic EL devices to be used in the device. The organic EL device is an organic EL device produced by laminating, on a substrate, an anode, a plurality of organic layers including a light-emitting layer, and a cathode, the organic EL device containing, in at least one organic layer selected from the light-emitting layer, a hole-transporting layer, an electron-transporting layer, a hole-blocking layer, and an electron-blocking layer, a boron compound having two indolocarbazolyl groups in a molecule thereof. The boron compound is represented by Y-L-B(A)a-L-Y or Y-L(Z)b-Y, where Y represents an indolocarbazolyl group, L represents an aromatic group, and Z represents a boron-containing group.

Abstract: Provided are a polyurethane-modified epoxy resin composition having satisfactory operability of processing, such as casting or impregnation, in a composition state, a production method therefor, and a composition thereof. The polyurethane-modified epoxy resin is obtained by modifying a secondary hydroxyl group-containing bisphenol-based epoxy resin (a) having an epoxy equivalent of from 150 g/eq to 200 g/eq and a hydroxyl equivalent of from 2,000 g/eq to 2,600 g/eq with a medium to high molecular weight polyol compound (b) having an Mn of 200 or more, a polyisocyanate compound (c), and a low molecular weight polyol compound (d) having an Mn of less than 200 serving as a chain extender. The polyurethane-modified epoxy resin uses the epoxy resin (a) in an amount of from 20 wt % to 60 wt % with respect to the total amount of the respective components (a), (b), (c), and (d), and contains a polyurethane having the epoxy resin (a) added to each of both terminals thereof and/or one terminal thereof.

Abstract: Provided are: a supporting carbon material for a solid polymer fuel cell, said supporting carbon material making it possible to produce a high-performance solid polymer fuel cell in which there is little decrease in power generation performance as a result of repeated battery load fluctuation that inevitably occurs during operation of the solid polymer fuel cell; and a catalyst metal particle-supporting carbon material. The present invention relates to: a supporting carbon material for a solid polymer fuel cell, said supporting carbon material being a porous carbon material in which the specific surface area of mesopores having a pore diameter of 2-50 nm according to nitrogen adsorption measurement is 600-1,600 m2/g, the relative intensity ratio (IG?/IG) of the peak intensity (IG?) of the G-band 2,650-2,700 cm?1 range to the peak intensity (IG) of the G-band 1,550-1,650 cm?1 range in the Raman spectrum is 0.8-2.

Abstract: Provided is a display device that can be made thin, lightweight, and flexible, has no problems of cracks and peeling caused by thermal stress, and is excellent in dimension stability and the like. The display device includes: a supporting base including a polyimide film; and a gas barrier layer formed on the supporting base, in which the polyimide film has a transmittance of 80% or more in a wavelength region of from 440 nm to 780 nm, and a coefficient of thermal expansion of 15 ppm/K or less, and has a difference in coefficient of thermal expansion from the gas barrier layer of 10 ppm/K or less.

Abstract: A resin-metal composite 100 to be used as a marker in an immunoassay, said resin-metal composite 100 comprising a resin particle 10 and metal particles 20 and having the following constitution (A) or constitution (B): (A) the average particle size of the resin-metal composite exceeding 300 nm; or (B) the average particle size of the metal particles being in the range of more than 20 nm and less than 70 nm. It is preferred that a part of the metal particles 20 are two- or three-dimensionally distributed in the surface layer part 60 of the resin particle 10, a part of the three-dimensionally distributed metal particles 20 are partly exposed to the outside of the resin particle 10, and a part of the remainder particles are enclosed in the resin particle 10.

Abstract: This invention provides a metal encapsulated dendritic carbon nanostructure comprising a dendritic carbon nanostructure comprising a branched carbon-containing rod-shaped or annular material and a metallic body capsulated in the carbon nanostructure. There is also provided a dendritic carbon nanostructure comprising a branched carbon-containing rod-shaped or annular material.