Abstract: The present invention provides a SiC single crystal manufacturing apparatus, including a crystal growth vessel which has a source loading portion to hold a SiC source, and a lid which is provided with a seed crystal support to hold a seed crystal; an insulating material which has at least one through-hole and covers the crystal growth vessel; a heater which is configured to heat the crystal growth vessel; and a temperature measuring instrument which is configured to measure the temperature of the crystal growth vessel through the through-hole, wherein the inner wall surface of the through-hole of the insulating material is coated with a coating material which contains a heat-resistant metal carbide or a heat-resistant metal nitride.

Abstract: A binder for a nonaqueous battery electrode, the nonaqueous battery electrode using the binder for the nonaqueous battery electrode, and a nonaqueous battery. The binder for a nonaqueous battery electrode contains a copolymer (P) of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer (A) essentially containing a styrene-based monomer (a1) and a (meth)acrylate ester (a2), and a surfactant (B1) having an ethylenically unsaturated bond, wherein the total amount of structure units derived from the surfactant (B1) having the ethylenically unsaturated bond in the copolymer (P) and the surfactant (B2) not contained in the copolymer (P) is 0.10 to 1.00 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the copolymer (P). Also disclosed is a method for producing the binder.

Abstract: In a method of producing a SiC single crystal ingot of the present invention, in a lower part of a crucible, a high thermal conductivity raw material layer containing a high thermal conductivity raw material and a low thermal conductivity raw material layer containing a low thermal conductivity raw material in at least one of a position above or below the high thermal conductivity raw material layer are disposed to form a raw material part, and heating is performed so that the raw material part reaches the maximum temperature in the high thermal conductivity raw material layer and a SiC single crystal ingot is grown.

Abstract: A thermally conductive composition containing a filler and a polymer component, wherein the filler includes a filler (A) surface-treated with a silylated castor oil derivative obtained by reacting isocyanate silane with a castor oil-based polyol.

Abstract: A fluorine-containing ether compound represented by Formula (1) is provided. R1—O—R2—CH2—R3—CH2—R4—R5??(1) (in the formula, R3 is a perfluoropolyether chain; R1 is an alkenyl group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms or an alkynyl group having 3 to 8 carbon atoms; R2 and R4 are each independently a divalent linking group having one or more hydroxyl groups; and —R5 is a group represented by Formula (2) shown below.) —O—(CH2)g—N—R6R7??(2) (in the formula, g is an integer of 2 or 3; R6 and R7 are the same or different saturated aliphatic groups; and R6 and R7 may form a ring structure together with a nitrogen atom.

Abstract: A document search device includes a document search unit configured to search for an input keyword in a document database in which document information including text data is stored, the text data being extracted, by using a character recognition process, from document image data generated by imaging a paper document, a similar keyword selecting unit configured to select a similar keyword in accordance with a degree of similarity to the input keyword, from a group of wildcard strings generated from the input keyword, and cause the document search unit to search for the similar keyword in the document database, and an output unit configured to output a search result obtained by searching for the input keyword in the document database and a search result obtained by searching for the similar keyword in the document database.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a fluororesin substrate laminate for a high-frequency circuit, the fluororesin substrate laminate including a fluororesin substrate and an adhesive layer provided on the fluororesin substrate, wherein the adhesive layer includes a resin composition containing: (A) a maleimide compound having a saturated or unsaturated divalent hydrocarbon group; and (B) an aromatic maleimide compound.

Abstract: A compound comprises a resin composition containing an epoxy resin, a phenol resin, a wax, and an imidazole compound, and a metal element-containing powder, wherein the epoxy resin comprises a crystalline epoxy resin, the wax comprises a montanic acid ester, and the content of the metal element-containing powder is 90 mass % or more based on the total mass of the compound.

Abstract: Provided are: an organic electronic material which can be easily multilayered and that can be used in substrates, such as resin, that cannot be processed at high temperatures; an ink composition containing the same; an organic thin film formed using said organic electronic material or said ink composition; and an organic electronic element and an organic EL element that are formed using said organic thin film and that have a superior luminous efficacy and emission lifespan than conventional elements. Specifically, provided are: an organic electronic material that is characterized by containing an oligomer or a polymer having a structure that branches into three or more directions and has at least one polymerizable substituent; an ink composition containing said organic electronic material; and an organic thin film prepared using the aforementioned organic electronic material. Further, provided are an organic electronic element and an organic electroluminescent element containing said organic thin film.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic substrate; a soft magnetic layer; a first seed layer; a second seed layer; an underlayer; and a perpendicular magnetic recording layer. The soft magnetic layer, the first seed layer, the second seed layer, the underlayer and the perpendicular magnetic recording layer are disposed on the non-magnetic substrate in this order. The first seed layer includes MoS2, hexagonal-BN, WS2, WSe2 or graphite. The second seed layer includes AlN having a hexagonal wurtzite type crystal structure. The underlayer includes Ru.

Abstract: The present invention provides a barrier material formation composition comprising a silane oligomer, at least a part of the silane oligomer being modified with a metal alkoxide.