Abstract: The present invention is a positive resist material containing a compound having two or more urethane groups and having two or more carboxy groups that are each substituted with an acid-labile group and are bonded to the urethane groups via a linking group. This provides: a positive resist material that has higher sensitivity and higher resolution than conventional positive resist materials and smaller edge roughness and CDU, and allows excellent pattern profile after exposure to light; and a patterning process.

Abstract: A positive resist material containing a compound having two or more urethane groups and having a carboxy group and a sulfonium salt or iodonium salt of a sulfonic acid, the carboxy group being substituted with an acid-labile group and being bonded to a first urethane group via a first linking group, and the sulfonium salt or iodonium salt being bonded to a second urethane group directly or via a second linking group. This provides: a positive resist material that has higher sensitivity and higher resolution than conventional positive resist materials and smaller edge roughness and CDU, and allows excellent pattern profile after exposure to light; and a patterning process.

Abstract: A resist composition comprising a base polymer comprising repeat units having a salt structure consisting of a sulfonic acid anion bonded to a polymer backbone and a sulfonium cation having formula (1).

Abstract: The present invention is an additive for water-based paint, containing a siloxane-branched polyether-modified silicone shown by an average composition formula (1) R1aR2bR3cSiO(4-a-b-c)/2 and having a weight-average molecular weight in a range of 500 to 100,000. In the formula (1), R1 represents an alkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, or an organic group shown by a general formula (2) —CmH2m—O—(C2H4O)d(C3H6O)eR4. R2 represents a group shown by a general formula (3)—CmH2m—O— (C2H4O)f(C3H6O)g—R5; each R3 represents an organosiloxane shown by the following general formula (4). R4 represents a hydrocarbon group, or an organic group shown by R6—(CO)—. R5 represents a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group, or an organic group shown by R6—(CO)—. R6 represents a hydrocarbon group. The siloxane branched polyether-modified silicone satisfies expressions (I), (II).

Abstract: The present invention is a paint additive containing a siloxane-branched polyether-modified silicone shown by an average composition formula (1) R1aR2bR3cSiO(4-a-b-c)/2 and having a weight-average molecular weight in a range of 500 to 100,000. In the formula (1), R1 represents an alkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, or an organic group shown by a general formula (2) —CmH2m—O—(C2H4O)d(C3H6O)eR4. R2 represents a group shown by a general formula (3) —CmH2m—O—(C2H4O)f(C3H6O)g—R5; each R3 represents an organosiloxane shown by the following general formula (4). R4 represents a hydrocarbon group, or an organic group shown by R6—(CO)—. R5 represents a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group, or an organic group shown by R6—(CO)—. R6 represents a hydrocarbon group. Thus, the present invention provides a paint additive and a paint composition with small environmental load and imparting excellent antifouling performance.

Abstract: A laminate contains a crystal substrate; a middle layer formed on a main surface of the crystal substrate, the middle layer comprising a mixture of an amorphous region in an amorphous phase and a crystal region in a crystal phase having a corundum structure mainly made of a first metal oxide; and a crystal layer formed on the middle layer and having a corundum structure mainly made of a second metal oxide, wherein the crystal region is an epitaxially grown layer from a crystal plane of the crystal substrate.

Abstract: Provided are a photocatalyst transfer film allowing a uniform and highly transparent photocatalyst layer to be transferred to the surfaces of various transfer base materials; and a production method thereof. The photocatalyst transfer film has, on a biaxially oriented polypropylene film, a photocatalyst layer containing a titanium oxide particle-containing photocatalyst, a silicon compound and a surfactant. The production method of the photocatalyst transfer film includes applying a photocatalyst coating liquid to a biaxially oriented polypropylene film; and performing drying. The photocatalyst coating liquid contains a titanium oxide particle-containing photocatalyst, a silicon compound, a surfactant and an aqueous dispersion medium.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a pellicle characterized by including a pellicle film and a pellicle frame, in which the pellicle film is stretched on the pellicle frame, and the pellicle film is an annealed pellicle film, and to provide a method for producing a pellicle by stretching a pellicle film on a pellicle frame, including the step of annealing the pellicle film alone before stretching the pellicle film on the pellicle frame, annealing the pellicle after stretching the pellicle film on the pellicle frame, or annealing the pellicle film alone and the pellicle both before and after stretching the pellicle film on the pellicle frame.

Abstract: A negative electrode material containing a negative electrode active material particle which includes a silicon compound particle containing a silicon compound (SiOx: 0.5?x?1.6). The silicon compound particle contains at least one or more of Li2SiO3 and Li4SiO4, and the negative electrode material further contains at least one of a metal compound particle containing a metal compound and an aggregate of the metal compound particle. The negative electrode material is capable of stabilizing a slurry prepared in production of a negative electrode for a secondary battery, and improving initial charge-discharge characteristics and cycle characteristics when it is used as a negative electrode active material for a secondary battery.

Abstract: A photocurable composition including the following components (A) to (D), (A) a monomer having one (meth)acryloyl structure, (B) a crosslinking agent having two or more (meth)acryloyl structures, (C) an inorganic ultraviolet-blocking agent having a 50% volume cumulative particle size of 1 to 50 nm, and (D) a photopolymerization initiator in an amount of 0.05 to 1 part by weight, relative to total 100 parts by weight of components (A) and (B), wherein a part or all of component (A) is a hydrophilic monomer, and a content of the hydrophilic monomer is 70% by weight or more, relative to the total weight of components (A) and (B).

Abstract: This surface treatment agent can form a water repellent/oil repellent layer having particularly excellent wear durability, weather resistance, and alkali resistance, and contains a fluorinated coating agent composition containing: (A) one or more selected from hydroxy group- or hydrolyzable group-containing silanes and siloxanes modified with a fluorooxyalkylene group-containing polymer, and partial (hydrolyzed) condensates thereof, and (B) a fluorooxyalkylene group-containing polymer-modified polysilazane formed of silazane units modified with a fluorooxyalkylene group-containing polymer, wherein the number-average molecular weight of fluorooxyalkylene group-containing polymer residues in the component (A) is 1,500-10,000, the number-average molecular weight of fluorooxyalkylene group-containing polymer residues in the silazane units modified with the fluorooxyalkylene group-containing polymer in the component (B) is 500-6,000, and the mixed mass ratio between the component (A) and the component (B) is 10:90

Abstract: A R-T-B sintered magnet comprising a main phase of R2Fe14B and a grain boundary phase exhibits a high Br and elevated-temperature stability. The magnet is composed of 12.5-17.0 atom % of R which is typically Nd and Pr, 4.5-5.5 atom % of B, at least 70 atom % of T which is Fe and Co, 0.1-3.0 atom % of M1 which is typically Al, Cu or Ga, 0.01-0.5 atom % of M2 which is typically Sn, 0.05-1.0 atom % of M3 which is typically Zr, and up to 0.8 atom % of O, and the balance of C, N and incidental impurities. The grain boundary phase contains a R-T-(M1, M2) phase and a R-M2-C phase.

Abstract: Provided herein is a method of applying a simple all-in-mix method that can produce a sponge cake with improved swelling thereby favorable appearance and texture without impairing the original flavor of the sponge cake by baking a cake dough containing a large number of air bubbles with uniform size and a dough composition for sponge cake suitable for the method. The objective can be achieved by a method of producing a sponge cake, comprising foaming a dough composition comprising hydroxypropyl methylcellulose having a viscosity of 30 mPa·s to 800 mPa·s when measured with a viscometer at 20° C. using a 2% by mass aqueous solution, cereal flour comprising light flour, egg, sugar, an expander, edible oil and water by the all-in-mix method to obtain a cake dough, and baking the cake dough to obtain a sponge cake; and the like.

Abstract: A resist composition comprising a sulfonium salt composed of a sulfonate anion having a carbon atom to which an iodine atom is bonded and a sulfonium cation having the formula (1) exhibits a high sensitivity and reduced LWR or improved CDU.

Abstract: Provided is a photosensitive resin composition comprising: (A) a silicone resin having an epoxy group and/or a phenolic hydroxyl group; (B) a photoacid generator represented by formula (B); and (C) a carboxylic acid quaternary ammonium compound.

Abstract: A mist-CVD apparatus contains a first atomizer for atomizing a first metal oxide precursor and generating a first mist of the first metal oxide precursor; a second atomizer for atomizing a second metal oxide precursor and generating a second mist of the second metal oxide precursor; a carrier-gas supplier for supplying a carrier gas to convey the first and second mists; a film-forming unit for forming a film on a substrate by subjecting the first and second mists to a thermal reaction; and a first conveyance pipe through which the first mist and the carrier gas are conveyed to the film forming chamber, a second conveyance pipe through which the second mist and the carrier gas are conveyed to the film forming chamber.

Abstract: A backside contact solar cell has, on a first main surface of a crystal silicon substrate, a p-type region having a p-conductive type and an n-type region having an n-conductive type, and a positive electrode formed on the p-type region and a negative electrode formed on the n-type region, wherein the positive electrode includes a laminated conductor of a first electric conductor which is formed on the p-type region and which includes a group III element and a second electric conductor which is laminated on the first electric conductor and which has a lower content ratio of the group III element than the first electric conductor, and the negative electrode includes the second electric conductor formed on the n-type region. In this way, a low-cost backside contact solar cell has a high photoelectric conversion efficiency.

Abstract: The present invention is a method for producing a power module, including processes (1) to (4) in the following order: (1) a disposition process of disposing a thermosetting resin composition that is solid at 25° C. into a container housing an insulator substrate with multiple semiconductor components mounted thereon; (2) a melt process involving disposing the container having the thermosetting resin composition disposed therein into a molding apparatus capable of heating, pressurization, and depressurization, and heating the container to melt the thermosetting resin composition; (3) a pressurization-depressurization process of performing one or more depressurizations and one or more pressurizations inside the molding apparatus; and (4) a cure process of heating the inside of the molding apparatus to cure the thermosetting resin composition. This is to provide a method for producing a power module having few voids at the time of molding and excellent reliability.

Abstract: Provided is a water-repellent member in which a silica layer having a specific thickness and mainly composed of silica nanoparticles is provided on the outer surfaces of various substrates, and then a water- and oil-repellent layer having a specific thickness and containing a cured product of a fluorine-containing organosilicon compound as a main component is provided on the outer surface of the silica layer. The water-repellent member is obtained by a method comprising: a step for wet coating a dispersion containing silica nanoparticles and a solvent onto the outer surface of a substrate; a step for drying and removing the solvent from the dispersion; a step for wet coating a solution containing a fluorine-containing organosilicon compound and a solvent onto the outer surface of a silica layer formed by drying and removing the solvent; and a step for drying and removing the solvent from the solution to cure the fluorine-containing organosilicon compound.

Abstract: Provided is a condensation-reaction-curable silicone coating agent composition which contains, as a main component, a hydrolysable-group-containing organosiloxane mixture and also contains a curing catalyst, in which the hydrolysable-group-containing organosiloxane mixture contains an organotrisiloxane compound having a specified molecular structure in which there is at least one non-substituted, halogen-substituted or alkyl-substituted phenyl group in the molecule thereof and at least four hydrolysable groups are contained at molecule chain both ends thereof and an organodisiloxane compound having a specified structure in which there are at least two non-substituted, halogen-substituted or alkyl-substituted phenyl groups on one silicon atom in the molecule thereof and at least two hydrolysable groups are contained on the other silicon atom in the molecule thereof, and the organotrisiloxane compound and the organodisiloxane compound are contained in the hydrolysable-group-containing organosiloxane mixture at