Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an electrode for lithium ion batteries which exhibits excellent electrical conductivity even if its thickness is large. The electrode for lithium ion batteries of the present invention includes a first main surface to be located adjacent to a separator of a lithium ion battery and a second main surface to be located adjacent to a current collector of the lithium ion battery. The electrode has a thickness of 150 to 5000 ?m. The electrode contains, between the first main surface and the second main surface, a conductive member (A) made of an electronically conductive material and a large number of active material particles (B). At least part of the conductive member (A) forms a conductive path that electrically connects the first main surface to the second main surface. The conductive path is in contact with the active material particles (B) around the conductive path.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a method for producing a pinhole-free thin resin current collector for negative electrodes. The method for producing a sheet-shaped resin current collector for negative electrodes of the present invention includes stacking three or more layers of melts of conductive resin compositions each containing a polyolefin and a conductive filler to obtain a multilayered body, wherein the polyolefin contained in each of the conductive resin compositions that form the respective layers of the multilayered body has a melt mass flow rate of 15 to 70 g/10 min as measured at a temperature of 230° C. and a load of 2.16 kg in accordance with JIS K7210-1:2014.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing an electrode active material molded body for a lithium-ion battery suitable for the production of a lithium-ion battery, and a method of producing a lithium-ion battery using the electrode active material molded body, wherein the methods can reduce the time, work, equipment, and the like required for the production. The present invention provides a method of producing an electrode composition molded body for a lithium-ion battery, including: a molding step of molding a composition containing an electrode active material for a lithium-ion battery and an electrolyte solution into an electrode active material molded body for a lithium-ion battery as an unbound product of the electrode active material for a lithium-ion battery, wherein the composition has an electrolyte solution content of 0.1 to 40 wt % based on the weight of the composition.

Abstract: The present invention provides a raw material for bulk drugs and a pharmaceutical additive which provide excellent formulation stability and excellent over-time stability of drug efficacy when used to modify a bulk drug, a polypeptide, a bioactive protein, an enzyme, and the like. The present invention relates to a raw material for bulk drugs or a pharmaceutical additive, containing: a polyether composition (A) represented by formula (1), wherein the polyether composition (A) has a unimodal molecular weight distribution, the polyether composition (A) has a ratio (Mw/Mn) of the weight average molecular weight (Mw) to the number average molecular weight (Mn) of 1.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a meniscus regeneration material having high meniscus regeneration ability.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a toner binder containing: a polyester resin (A); and a vinyl resin (B), wherein the polyester resin (A) has an acid value of 2 mg KOH/g or more, the vinyl resin (B) has a weight average molecular weight of 4,000 to 40,000, the vinyl resin (B) is a polymer essentially containing a monomer (m) whose homopolymer has an SP value of 11.5 to 16.5 as a constituent monomer, the weight percentage of the monomer (m) in monomers constituting the vinyl resin (B) is 1 wt % or more based on the total weight of the monomers constituting the vinyl resin (B), the polyester resin (A) and the vinyl resin (B) are present at a weight ratio (A)/(B) of 80/20 to 99.5/0.

Abstract: A method for producing a protein composition containing a protein (A), a radical scavenger (RS), and at least one hydrogen-bond-formable compound (HC) selected from the group consisting of amino acids, peptides, and proteins other than the protein (A). The method including a sterilization step of radiosterilizing an unsterilized protein composition, wherein the unsterilized protein composition contains the protein (A), the radical scavenger (RS), and the hydrogen-bond-formable compound (HC), the protein (A) contains at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of sulfide, amide, hydroxyl, amino, and carboxyl groups, the hydrogen-bond-formable compound (HC) contains at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of sulfide, amide, hydroxyl, amino, and carboxyl groups, the at least one functional group in the protein (A) is capable of binding to the at least one functional group in the hydrogen-bond-formable compound (HC) via a hydrogen bond.

Abstract: Provided are a moisture resistance improver that yields a water-based adhesive for inorganic materials having exceptional adhesiveness of inorganic materials, and a water-based adhesive for inorganic materials in which the moisture resistance improver is used. The present invention is a moisture resistance improver (J) for a water-based adhesive for inorganic materials containing at least one (co)polymer (A) selected from the group consisting of (co)polymer (A1) and (co)polymer (A2). (Co)polymer (A1): a (co)polymer having a weight-average molecular weight of 3,000-150,000, and containing, as structural monomers, a C3-30 unsaturated (poly)carboxylic acid (anhydride) (a1) and a (meth)acrylic acid ester (a2) having solubility of 10 g or less per 100 g of water at 25° C.

Abstract: The present invention provides a viscous adhesive capable of retaining the shape of an electrode and allowing for production of an electrode for a lithium-ion battery having a structure in which the energy density of the electrode does not decrease. The present invention relates to a viscous adhesive for a lithium-ion electrode which allows active materials to adhere to each other in a lithium-ion electrode, the viscous adhesive having a glass transition temperature of 60° C. or lower, a solubility parameter of 8 to 13 (cal/cm3)1/2, and a storage shear modulus and a loss shear modulus of 2.0×103 to 5.0×107 Pa as measured in a frequency range of 10?1 to 101 Hz at 20° C.

Abstract: Provided are a composition for cell transplant and a method for cell transplant, both of which enable a myocardial tissue to favorably retain cardiac myocytes and/or cardiac progenitors and can improve the persistence and proliferation of transplanted cells. The composition for cell transplant of the present invention is a composition for cell transplant, containing cells and an aqueous solution containing a protein (A), the cells including a cardiac myocyte and/or a cardiac progenitor, the protein (A) having a degree of hydrophobicity of 0.2 to 1.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide core-shell particles that can be used in a method of separating a substance to be separated and that allow obtainment of a highly purified product. Each of a plurality of core-shell particles (C) of the present invention includes a core layer (P) as magnetic silica particles containing the magnetic metal oxide particles (A) and a shell layer (Q) that is a silica layer on a surface of the core layer (P), an average thickness of a plurality of shell layers (Q) being 3 to 3000 nm, wherein a weight percentage of the magnetic metal oxide particles (A) in the core layer (P) is 60 to 95 wt % based on a weight of the core layer (P), and the plurality of core-shell particles (C) have a particle size distribution with a coefficient of variation of 50% or less.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a composition that gives, as a reaction product, a urethane resin having excellent heat dissipation ability and excellent flexibility. The composition of the present invention contains a polyol (A), a polyisocyanate (B), and an inorganic filler (C), wherein the polyol (A) contains a polyol (A1) having at least three hydroxy groups in one molecule, an isocyanate index of the polyisocyanate (B) based on the polyol (A) is 0.20 to 0.77, the isocyanate index being a ratio of a total mole number of isocyanate groups of the polyisocyanate (B) in the composition to a total mole number of hydroxy groups of the polyol (A) in the composition, and a weight percent of the inorganic filler (C) is 70 to 97 wt % based on the weight of the composition.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an electrolyte solution for an electrolytic capacitor which has high withstand voltage. The electrolyte solution for an electrolytic capacitor that is used contains: an organic solvent; an acrylic polymer which has hydroxy group and/or carboxy group; and an electrolyte. A concentration of hydroxy groups included in the organic solvent is 10 mmol/g or less with respect to the weight of the organic solvent.

Abstract: Provided is a polyol composition which has good dispersion stability of a polyuria resin contained therein and maintains a uniform appearance over time as well as during the production, and which can be reacted with polyisocyanate to obtain a polyurethane foam having excellent flame retardancy. The present invention pertains to a polyol composition that is used as a raw material for a polyurethane foam containing a urea group-containing reaction product having a compound (A), which has two primary amino groups and at least one polyalkyleneoxy chain (a) in the molecule, and a polyisocyanate (B) as essential raw materials, and being obtained by reacting the primary amino groups of the (A) with the isocyanate groups of the (B), wherein the polyalkyleneoxy chain (a) is a chain to which 1-100 moles of a C2-4 alkylene oxide have been added.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a toner binder containing: a polyester resin (A); and a vinyl resin (B), wherein the polyester resin (A) is a resin obtained by crosslinking a polyester (A1) by one or more carbon-carbon bonds, the vinyl resin (B) is a polymer containing a monomer (a) as an essential constituent monomer, the monomer (a) is a C21-C40 (meth)acrylate having an acyclic hydrocarbon group, and the weight proportion of the monomer (a) in monomers constituting the vinyl resin (B) is 15 to 99% by weight based on the weight of the vinyl resin (B).

Abstract: Provided are a plant growth aid that enables a leaf to efficiently take in a chemical agent and has excellent elution property of the chemical agent from particles and a method for growing a plant. The present invention relates to a plant growth aid (X) containing particles (P) having a median size of 1 to 300 nm, the particles (P) containing a biodegradable resin (A) and a hydrophobic agent (B) having an octanol/water partition coefficient (Log Pow) at 25° C. of 1 to 10; and a method for growing a plant using the same.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a fiber sizing agent composition capable of providing high adhesion between fibers and a matrix resin, and also capable of forming fiber bundles with high sizing properties and reduced fluffing. A fiber sizing agent composition (C) of the present invention contains an epoxy resin (A) having an aromatic ring and not having a (meth)acryloyl group, and a (meth)acrylate (B).

Abstract: A viscosity index improver containing a copolymer (A) whose essential constituent monomer is a monomer (a) having a number average molecular weight of 800 to 4,000 represented by the following formula (1), the copolymer (A) having a solubility parameter in the range of 9.00 to 9.40: wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; —X1— is a group represented by —O—, —O(AO)m—, or —NH—, AO is a C2-C4 alkyleneoxy group, m is an integer of 1 to 10, each AO may be the same or different when m is 2 or more, and the (AO)m moieties may be randomly bonded or block-bonded; R2 is a residue after removal of one hydrogen atom from a hydrocarbon polymer whose essential constituent monomer is butadiene in which the butadiene is present in a proportion of 50% by weight or more based on the weight of R2, or after removal of one hydrogen atom from a polymer formed by partial hydrogenation of the hydrocarbon polymer; and p represents a number of 0 or 1.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a toner binder that maintains low-temperature fixability and hot offset resistance while having excellent grindability, image strength, heat-resistant storage stability, electrostatic charge stability, gloss-imparting properties, and durability. The toner binder of the present invention contains an amorphous resin (A) and a crystalline vinyl resin (B), wherein a weight ratio [(A)/(B)] of the amorphous resin (A) to the crystalline vinyl resin (B) is 81/19 to 97/3, the toner binder has an endothermic peak top temperature (Tm) derived from the crystalline vinyl resin (B) of 40° C. to 100° C. and a half-width of the endothermic peak derived from the crystalline vinyl resin (B) of 6° C. or less, the crystalline vinyl resin (B) has an acid value of 60 mg KOH/g or less, and the toner binder satisfies the following relation (1): 3° C.?Tfb(A)?Tfb(C)?30° C.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a dispersant for a resin current collector which can uniformly disperse a conductive filler to attain sufficient charge and discharge characteristics without impairing the output power per unit weight of a battery. The present invention provides a dispersant for a resin current collector comprising a polymer having a resin-philic block (A1) and a conductive filler-philic block (A2).