Abstract: A triazine ring-containing polymer having a high refractive index and a low birefringence, and being capable of being subjected to injection molding, wherein the polymer having a repeating unit of *-[A-B-]-*, including a structural unit A derived from a triazinedithiol compound, and a structural unit B including an aromatic hydrocarbon group; and a thermoplastic resin, a thermoplastic article, and an optical part including the polymer.

Abstract: An additive for resin kneading contains an organic ultraviolet absorber and/or a radical scavenger, and a polymer having the organic ultraviolet absorber and/or the radical scavenger dispersed. The additive for resin kneading has a median size of 1 µm or more and 100 µm or less. A percentage of the total amount of the organic ultraviolet absorber and the radical scavenger in the additive for resin kneading is 20% or more and 70 % or less. The polymer is a copolymer of a vinyl monomer component that contains a monofunctional vinyl monomer containing only one polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond per molecule, and a polyfunctional vinyl monomer containing two or more polymerizable carbon-carbon double bonds per molecule. A percentage of the monofunctional vinyl monomer in the total amount of the monofunctional vinyl monomer and the polyfunctional vinyl monomer is 10% or more and 95% or less.

Abstract: The resin composition of the present disclosure contains a fluorene derivative represented by the following formula (1) and a polyamide-series resin: Wherein R1 represents a substituent, k denotes an integer of 0 to 8, R2a, R2b, R2c, and R2d each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, R3a and R3b each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and X1a and X1b each represent a group defined in the following formula (X1): wherein R4 and R5 each represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group; or R4 and R5 bend together to form a heterocyclic ring containing the nitrogen atom adjacent to R4 and R5. The resin composition has an excellent fluidity.

Abstract: A catalyst exhibiting high reusability and capable of reducing the amount of residual metals in a reaction liquid in a process wherein an optically active reduction product is produced by an asymmetric reduction reaction of an organic compound is disclosed.

Abstract: The fluorene derivative of the present disclosure is represented by the following formula (1): Wherein R1 represents a substituent, k denotes an integer of 0 to 8, R2a, R2b, R2c, and R2d each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, R3a and R3b each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and X1a and X1b each represent a group defined in the following formula (X1): wherein R4 and R5 each represent a hydrogen atom or an aliphatic hydrocarbon group, provided that the case where both R4 and R5 are a hydrogen atom is excluded; or R4 and R5 bond together to form a heterocyclic ring containing the nitrogen atom adjacent to R4 and R5. The present disclosure provides a novel fluorene derivative useful as an additive for improving the properties of a resin, a method for producing the same and a use thereof.

Abstract: The resin composition of the present disclosure contains a fluorene derivative represented by the following formula (1) and a polyamide-series resin: Wherein R1 represents a substituent, k denotes an integer of 0 to 8, R2a, R2b, R2c, and R2d each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, R3a and R3b each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and X1a and X1b each represent a group defined in the following formula (X1): wherein R4 and R5 each represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group; or R4 and R5 bend together to form a heterocyclic ring containing the nitrogen atom adjacent to R4 and R5. The resin composition has an excellent fluidity.

Abstract: A retardation film includes a polyester-series resin exhibiting a negative orientation birefringence and a forward wavelength dispersibility in retardation in combination with a polyamide-series resin exhibiting a positive orientation birefringence and a flat dispersibility in retardation. The polyester-series resin may contain a constitutional unit having a fluorene-9,9-diyl group, and the polyamide-series resin may contain a constitutional unit having an alicyclic skeleton. The polyester-series resin may contain at least one constitutional unit selected from a fluorenedicarboxylic acid unit (A1) containing a unit of the formula (1) and a fluorenediol unit (B1) containing a unit of the formula (2): wherein R1 and R2 each represent a substituent; k and m each denote an integer of 0 to 8; X1a, X1b, X2a, and X2b each represent a hydrocarbon group; A1a and A1b each represent an alkylene group; n1 and n2 each denote an integer of not less than 0.

Abstract: The di(meth)acrylate compound of the present disclosure is represented by the following formula (1): wherein Z1a and Z1b each represent an arene ring, R1a and R1b each represent a substituent, k1 and k2 each denote an integer of not less than 0, m1 and m2 each denote an integer of 0 to 4, and at least one of m1 and m2 denotes 1 or more, R2a and R2b each represent a substituent, n1 and n2 each denote an integer of 0 to 4, m1+n1 and m2+n2 each denote 4 or less, A1a and A1b each represent a straight- or branched-chain alkylene group, A2a and A2b each represent a straight- or branched-chain alkylene group, p1 and p2 each denote an integer of not less than 0, and R3a and R3b each represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group. The di(meth)acrylate compound is a novel compound having a high refractive index.

Abstract: A rubbery composition is prepared by combining (A) a rubber component, (B) a cellulose, and (C) fluorene compound having a 9,9-bis(aryl)fluorene skeleton. The fluorene compound (C1) may be a compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein a ring Z represents an arene ring, R1 and R2 represent a substituent, X1 represents a heteroatom-containing functional group, k denotes an integer of 0 to 4, n denotes an integer of not less than 1, p denotes an integer of not less than 0. The rubbery composition has improved mechanical properties such as strength, elongation, and hardness.

Abstract: Provided is a canister whose performance is enhanced while achieving the advantage of suppressing changes in temperature by using a heat storage material and overcoming the disadvantage of a reduction in the adsorption amount. A canister for treating evaporated fuel includes: a tank port that is in communication with an upper air chamber of a fuel tank of an internal combustion engine; a purge port that is in communication with an air intake path of the internal combustion engine; an atmospheric air port that is open to atmospheric air; and an adsorbent material chamber R that contains an activated carbon that adsorbs evaporated fuel that flows from the tank port to the atmospheric air port.

Abstract: Provided are a retardation film that has a high heat resistance, has excellent formability and handleability even in a single-layer structure, has a negative thickness-direction retardation Rth value, and is suitable as a negative A-plate or a positive C-plate and a method for producing the film. The retardation film is formed of a stretched film of a polyester resin, contains a unit (A1) represented by the formula (1) as a diol unit (A) and a unit (B1) represented by the formula (2a) or (2b) as a dicarboxylic acid unit (B), and is a negative A-plate or a positive C-plate. In the formulae, Z1 and Z2 represent an aromatic hydrocarbon ring, R1, R2a, R2b, R3a and R3b represent a substituent, k, p1 and p2 denotes an integer of 0 to 8, q denotes an integer of 0 to 4, m1, m2, n1 and n2 denotes an integer of not less than 0, A1a and A1b represents an alkylene group, and A2a, A2b and A3 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group.

Abstract: A curable composition comprises (A) a first siloxane oligomer being free from a siloxane unit represented by the following formula (I) and containing an alkoxy-group-containing siloxane unit, (B) a second siloxane oligomer containing a siloxane unit represented by the formula (I) and an alkoxy-group-containing siloxane unit, (C) a silicone oil having a kinetic viscosity at 25° C. of not less than 100 mm2/s, (D) at least one curing catalyst selected from the group consisting of a metal alkoxide, a metal chelate compound, and a metal carboxylate, and (E) a solvent containing an organic solvent having a vapor pressure at 20° C. of not less than 1 kPa.

Abstract: A curable composition comprises (A) a first siloxane oligomer being free from a siloxane unit represented by the following formula (I) and containing an alkoxy-group-containing siloxane unit, (B) a second siloxane oligomer containing a siloxane unit represented by the formula (I) and an alkoxy-group-containing siloxane unit, (C) a silicone oil having a kinetic viscosity at 25° C. of not less than 100 mm2/s, (D) at least one curing catalyst selected from the group consisting of a metal alkoxide, a metal chelate compound, and a metal carboxylate, and (E) a solvent containing an organic solvent having a vapor pressure at 20° C. of not less than 1 kPa.

Abstract: Provided is a cell-culture substrate that can improve cellular activity functions, that is less likely to inactivate cellular activity, and that can be used in a long-term culture. The cell-culture substrate according to the present invention contains hydrophobic silica aerogel. A method for producing the cell-culture substrate according to the present invention includes hydrolyzing a starting material containing a first hydrolyzable silane compound and a second hydrolyzable silane compound that is other than the first hydrolyzable silane compound to produce hydrophobic silica aerogel.

Abstract: This invention provides a highly safe beekeeping member that is capable of effectively suppressing the infestation and reproduction of mites, and is excellent in breeding honeybees, and provides a method for producing the beekeeping member. The beekeeping member of the present invention comprises an anti-mite component comprising platinum particles and metal particles other than platinum particles, whereby the beekeeping member is highly safe, is capable of effectively suppressing the infestation and reproduction of mites, and is excellent in breeding honeybees. The method for producing the beekeeping member comprises the step of immersing a base material in a liquid anti-mite agent containing platinum particles and metal particles other than platinum particles.

Abstract: Provided is a granular activated carbon that can be used for applications similar to wood-based steam-activated carbons; and also provided is a method for manufacturing the same. The granular activated carbon is obtained in the following manner. An activated carbon raw material is carbonized, and then pulverized. The pulverized product is then mixed with a calcium component, and the mixture is molded. Subsequently, the molded product is carbonized and activated, followed by washing.

Abstract: Provided is a granular activated carbon having many mesopores that can be used for applications similar to sine chloride-activated carbons, and also provided is a method for manufacturing the same. The granular activated carbon is obtained by bringing an activated carbon into contact with a calcium component, followed by activation and washing.

Abstract: A controlled release particle includes a core formed by suspension polymerization of a core ingredient component containing an antibiotic compound and a first polymerizable vinyl monomer, and containing a first polymer of the first polymerizable vinyl monomer and the antibiotic compound present in the first polymer; and a shell formed by suspension polymerization of a second polymerizable vinyl monomer having affinity with water of the same or higher than that of the first polymerizable vinyl monomer, containing a second polymer obtained from the second polymerizable vinyl monomer, and covering the core.

Abstract: A production method of controlled release particles 1 includes an oil phase component preparation step in which an oil phase component containing a hydrophobic slurry is prepared by dispersing, in a hydrophobic polymerizable vinyl monomer, an antibiotic compound that is hydrophobic and is substantially insoluble to the hydrophobic polymerizable vinyl monomer without the presence of a solvent; a water dispersion step in which a hydrophobic slurry is dispersed in water to prepare an aqueous dispersion; and a polymerization step in which the polymerizable vinyl monomer is subjected to suspension polymerization to produce a polymer.

Abstract: Provided is a granular activated carbon that can be used for applications similar to wood-based steam-activated carbons; and also provided is a method for manufacturing the same. The granular activated carbon is obtained in the following manner. An activated carbon raw material is carbonized, and then pulverized. The pulverized product is then mixed with a calcium component, and the mixture is molded. Subsequently, the molded product is carbonized and activated, followed by washing.