Abstract: Provided are: a (hydrolyzable) organosiloxane compound which is represented by general formula (1) and contains a lipophilic group capable of forming a cured film having excellent lipophilicity and wear resistance; and a surface treatment agent containing the compound. (In the formula, A is any one among —CH3, —C(?O)OR1, —C(?O)NR12, —C(?O)SR1, and —P(?O)(OR1)2; R1 is a hydrogen atom, a C1-30 alkyl group, a C6-30 aryl group, or a C7-30 aralkyl group; Y is independently a divalent organic group; W is independently a C1-4 alkyl group, a phenyl group, a hydroxyl group, or a hydrolyzable group; R is independently a C1-4 alkyl group or a phenyl group; X is independently a hydroxyl group or a hydrolyzable group; n is an integer of 1-3; and q is an integer of 1-3.

Abstract: A resin composition containing a base resin and quantum dots that are crystalline nanoparticle phosphors, the base resin containing a fluorine-containing resin. This provides a resin composition capable of enhancing the stability of quantum dots.

Abstract: The present invention is a planarizing agent for forming an organic film, including an aromatic-group-containing compound having a molecular weight represented by a molecular formula of 200 to 500, wherein a blended composition that includes the planarizing agent and a preliminary composition containing an organic film-forming resin and a solvent, and having a complex viscosity of 1.0 Pa·s or more in a temperature range of 175° C. or higher has a temperature range in which a complex viscosity of the blended composition is less than 1.0 Pa·s in a temperature range of 175° C. or higher. This provides a planarizing agent for forming an organic film to yield a composition for forming an organic film having a high planarizing ability; a composition for forming an organic film containing this planarizing agent; a method for forming an organic film using this composition; and a patterning process.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a personal care composition having not only a low environmental impact and a good skin feel but also a high cleansing property. The object can be achieved by a personal care composition containing water and low substituted hydroxypropyl cellulose, wherein the low substituted hydroxypropyl cellulose has an average particle size (D50) on a volume basis by dry laser diffraction of 30 ?m to 200 ?m and an aspect ratio equal to or more than 1.0 and less than 5.0, and the like.

Abstract: Provided is a cured or uncured electromagnetic wave shielding sheet with a carbon nanotube unwoven cloth having a thickness of not larger than 1 mm being impregnated with a resin and/or with the resin being laminated thereon, the sheet exhibiting a superior electromagnetic wave shielding performance with respect to millimeter waves and terahertz waves. The sheet may for example be one with a carbon nanotube unwoven cloth having a thickness of not larger than 1 mm and a specific resistance of not larger than 0.005 ?·cm being impregnated with a resin and/or with the resin being laminated thereon; or one with a carbon nanotube unwoven cloth having a thickness of not larger than 1 mm, an air permeability of not larger than 0.5 cm3/cm2·s and a specific resistance of not larger than 0.005 ?·cm being impregnated with a resin.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a solar cell having a P-type silicon substrate wherein one main surface is a light-receiving surface and another is a backside, a plurality of back surface electrodes formed on a part of the backside, an N-type layer in at least a part of the light-receiving surface, and contact areas in which the substrate contacts the electrodes; wherein the P-type silicon substrate is a silicon substrate doped with gallium and has a resistivity of 2.5 ?·cm or less; and a back surface electrode pitch Prm [mm] of contact areas in which the P-type silicon substrate is in contact with the back surface electrodes and the resistivity Rsub [?·cm] of the substrate satisfy the relation represented by the following formula (1). log(Rsub)??log(Prm)+1.

Abstract: A drying method of a polyimide paste which can maintain a printing shape while maintaining productivity includes an organic solvent and a polyimide resin dissolved in the organic solvent, and which becomes cured polyimide by being cured as a result of being dried and heated, the drying method including a step of applying the polyimide paste to a surface of a base material, a step of applying a solvent including a polar material to a surface of the base material at least at a portion where the polyimide paste is applied, and a step of, after applying the solvent including the polar material, drying the polyimide paste and the solvent including the polar material.

Abstract: A polysiloxazane compound having an alkoxysilyl group having an average composition of formula (1): wherein R1 represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group. R2 represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group, R3 represents an unsubstituted monovalent hydrocarbon group, R4 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, X represents a methyl group, Y represents a group of formula (2) or (3) below: (R2 is same as above. R5 and R6 represent a monovalent hydrocarbon group, Z represents a divalent hydrocarbon group and the like, p is an integer of 0 to 9, and q is 0, 1, or 2.), n is an integer of 11 to 500, m is 0, 1, or 2, r is 0 or 1, and a, b, and c are numbers that satisfy 0<a<1, 0?b<1, 0<c<1, and a+2b+2c=1.

Abstract: A quantum dot-containing polymer contains quantum dots that emit fluorescence by excitation light, wherein the quantum dot-containing polymer is a combined polymer of the quantum dots in which a ligand having a reactive substituent is coordinated to the outermost surface and a silicone compound having a polymerizable substituent. The quantum dot-containing polymer is stabilized by mild conditions.

Abstract: A cosmetic contains a high molecular weight polymer that is an addition polymerization product between: a polymer crosslinking agent of a (meth)acrylic-based graft silicone having a main chain with (meth)acrylic-based repeating units represented by the following formulae (I), (II), and (III), and side chains with unsaturated bonds and an organopolysiloxane structure; and an organohydrogen polysiloxane represented by the following general formula (4). A represents a group selected from an alkoxy group having 1 to 22 carbon atoms and an aryloxy group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms. B represents a group having an unsaturated bond represented by the following formula (1). C represents a group represented by the following formula (2), (3-1), or (3-2).

Abstract: A halosilane compound: R1CH2CH2SiR52X is prepared by hydrosilylation reaction of a vinyl compound: R1CH?CH2 with a halogenodiorganosilane compound having formula: HSiR52X in the co-presence of an iridium catalyst, an internal olefin compound, and an allyl halide. The halosilane compound is prepared on an industrial scale with the advantages of low costs, high yields, and high selectivity, using a small amount of iridium catalyst.

Abstract: Provided is a silicone adhesive composition having (A) a condensation product of a linear or branched diorganopolysiloxane having a silicon atom-bonded hydroxy group and/or a silicon atom-bonded alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms at a terminal and having no alkenyl group, a linear or branched diorganopolysiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups, and an organopolysiloxane comprising an R13SiO0.5 unit and an SiO2 unit and having a silicon atom-bonded hydroxy group and/or a silicon atom-bonded alkoxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having at least three SiH groups and an average polymerization degree of 80 or less in an amount of 0.1 to 5 parts by mass, relative to 100 parts by mass of component (A), and (C) a platinum group metal catalyst in a catalytic amount.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing a (1,2-dimethyl-3-methylenecyclopentyl)acetate compound of the following general formula (3), wherein R represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, the process comprising subjecting a haloacetaldehyde alkyl 2,3-dimethyl-2-cyclopentenyl acetal compound of the following general formula (1), wherein R is as defined above, and Y represents a halogen atom, to a dehydrohalogenation reaction in the presence of a base, followed by a rearrangement reaction to obtain a (1,2-dimethyl-2-cyclopentenyl)acetate compound of the following general formula (2), wherein R is as defined above, and subjecting the (1,2-dimethyl-2-cyclopentenyl)acetate compound (2) to an epoxidation reaction, followed by an isomerization reaction and then a methylenation reaction to obtain the (1,2-dimethyl-3-methylenecyclopentyl)acetate compound of the following general formula (3).

Abstract: A resist composition comprising a base polymer and a quencher containing an onium salt of iodized benzene ring-containing fluorosulfonamide offers a high sensitivity and minimal LWR or improved CDU, independent of whether it is of positive or negative tone.

Abstract: A resist composition comprising a sulfonim salt having an acid labile group of aromatic group-containing cyclic secondary or tertiary ester type in the cation as the acid generator exhibits a high sensitivity and reduced LWR or improved CDU.

Abstract: A substrate for group-III nitride epitaxial growth and a method for producing the same is capable of fabricating a high-quality group III nitride single crystal at low cost. The substrate for group-III nitride epitaxial growth includes: a supporting substrate having a structure in which a core consisting of nitride ceramics is wrapped in an encapsulating layer having a thickness of between 0.05 ?m and 1.5 ?m, inclusive; a planarizing layer provided on an upper surface of the supporting substrate, the planarizing layer having a thickness of between 0.5 ?m and 3.0 ?m, inclusive; and a seed crystal layer consisting of a single crystal with a thickness of between 0.1 ?m and 1.5 ?m, inclusive, provided on an upper surface planarizing layer and having an uneven pattern on the surface.

Abstract: A method for producing a gallium oxide semiconductor film by a mist CVD method, including, a mist-forming step in which a raw material solution containing gallium is misted in a mist-forming unit to generate mist, a carrier gas supply step of supplying a carrier gas for transferring the mist to the mist-forming unit, a transferring step of transferring the mist from the mist-forming unit to a film forming chamber using the carrier gas via a supply pipe connecting the mist-forming unit and the film forming chamber, a rectification step of rectifying flow of the mist and the carrier gas supplied to a surface of a substrate in the film forming chamber so as to flow along the surface of the substrate, a film forming step of heat-treating the rectified mist to form a film on the substrate, and an exhaust step of exhausting waste gas upward from the substrate.

Abstract: Provided is a composition for forming a protective film using a polymer having an imide group: that is cured under a film-forming condition not only in the air but in an inert gas; that can form a protective film having excellent heat resistance, embedding and planarization ability for a pattern formed on a substrate, and good adhesiveness to the substrate; and that can form a protective film having excellent resistance against an alkaline aqueous hydrogen peroxide.

Abstract: Provided is a rapid release tablet excellent in binding capability and disintegrability and also excellent in storage stability and the like. More specifically, provided are a granulated composite comprising low-substituted hydroxypropyl cellulose having a degree of hydroxypropoxy substitution of from 5 to 16% by weight and D-mannitol, wherein the D-mannitol contains 0.9% by weight or less of D-sorbitol; a rapid release tablet comprising the granulated composite and a drug; and a method for producing a granulated composite comprising the steps of: mixing low-substituted hydroxypropyl cellulose having a degree of hydroxypropoxy substitution of from 5 to 16% by weight, first D-mannitol, and water to obtain an aqueous dispersion, and granulating while adding the aqueous dispersion to second D-mannitol, wherein the first D-mannitol and the second D-mannitol contain 0.9% by weight or less of D-sorbitol in total.

Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus for extruding into a tube and filling the tube at a high speed and simultaneously sealing the tube. Specifically provided is a method for producing a polymer tube, containing a liquid therein and being sealed at constant intervals, the method including an extrusion step of continuously melt-extruding a polymer material through a die into at least one tube, while feeding a liquid into the tube to obtain at least one liquid-containing tube; and sealing step of discontinuously pressing the at least one liquid-containing tube between a pair of pressurizing members at constant intervals to cause pressure-bonding before the tube solidifies, while continuously taking up the extruded tube.