Abstract: A sugar chain array containing a sugar chain immobilized thereon for detecting binding between an analyte and a sugar chain, and a sugar chain array having the sugar chain immobilized thereon that is capable of inhibiting non-specific adsorption and binding of an analyte without having to coat the array with an adsorption inhibitor. A specific sugar chain is immobilized on the array, and is useful for detecting binding between the sugar chain and an analyte, such as a pathogen of an infectious disease or an excretion thereof. In addition, in the array, when a base material is coated with a polymeric compound having a unit having a primary amino group, a unit for maintaining hydrophilicity, and a unit having a hydrophobic group, the sugar chain is immobilized efficiently and non-specific adsorption and binding of the analyte can be effectively inhibited.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a resin molded article includes a step of preparing a resin powder having low dust generation property by adding a liquid paraffin to a thermosetting resin, and a step of obtaining a resin molded article by heating and kneading the resin powder having low dust generation property, in which the step of preparing the resin powder having low dust generation property includes a step in which the thermosetting resin is melted and the liquid paraffin is added to the melted thermosetting resin to be stirred and mixed.

Abstract: A core layer (13) of an optical waveguide (1) includes a plurality of core groups (140) disposed so as to mutually intersect on the same plane, each core group (140) being an assembly of a plurality of core portions (14), at least some of which are arranged in parallel, and side cladding portions (15) provided so as to adjoin the side surfaces of each core portion (14). A transverse cross-section of the optical waveguide (1) includes a high refractive index region (WH) in a position corresponding with each core portion (14) and having a relatively high refractive index, and a low refractive index region (WL) in a position corresponding with each side cladding portion (15) and having a lower refractive index than the high refractive index region (WH), and a refractive index distribution is formed in which the refractive index varies continuously across the entire distribution.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are various amine treated maleic anhydride containing polymers and compositions thereof, which are useful for forming self-imageable films. In some embodiments, such polymers encompass norbornene-type repeating units containing pendent silyl groups and maleic anhydride-type repeating units where at least some of such maleic anhydride-type repeating units are either ring-opened or have been transformed into maleimide repeat units. The films formed from such copolymer compositions provide self imageable, low-k, thermally stable layers for use in microelectronic and optoelectronic devices.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a resin molded article includes a step of preparing a resin powder having low dust generation property by adding a liquid paraffin to a thermosetting resin, and a step of obtaining a resin molded article by heating and kneading the resin powder having low dust generation property, in which the step of preparing the resin powder having low dust generation property includes a step in which the thermosetting resin is melted and the liquid paraffin is added to the melted thermosetting resin to be stirred and mixed.

Abstract: A catheter of the invention includes an elongated flexible tubular main body; a plurality of manipulation wires inserted through the tubular main body and having tips connected to a distal part of the tubular main body; a manipulation-part main body provided at a base end of the tubular main body; and a bending manipulation part. The bending manipulation part has an engagement part engaging with base ends of the manipulation wires, and individually applies pulling force to the plurality of manipulation wires through pulling operations so as to bend the distal part of the tubular main body. The bending manipulation part is provided so as to be movable with respect to the manipulation-part main body. The path lengths of the plurality of manipulation wires from the tips thereof to the engagement part are simultaneously increased or decreased when the bending manipulation part and the manipulation-part main body move relative to each other.

Abstract: In one aspect, a polymer film having improved mechanical properties is provided. In one aspect, a polymer solution containing a solvent and a polymer that contains either a structural unit having a benzoxazole precursor structure or a structural unit having a benzoxazole structure is provided.

Abstract: A sugar chain array containing a sugar chain immobilized thereon for detecting binding between an analyte and a sugar chain, and a sugar chain array having the sugar chain immobilized thereon that is capable of inhibiting non-specific adsorption and binding of an analyte without having to coat the array with an adsorption inhibitor. A specific sugar chain is immobilized on the array, and is useful for detecting binding between the sugar chain and an analyte, such as a pathogen of an infectious disease or an excretion thereof. In addition, in the array, when a base material is coated with a polymeric compound having a unit having a primary amino group, a unit for maintaining hydrophilicity, and a unit having a hydrophobic group, the sugar chain is immobilized efficiently and non-specific adsorption and binding of the analyte can be effectively inhibited.

Abstract: A melamine resin metal decorative panel (101) is obtained by sequentially stacking a melamine resin decorative layer (13) including a surface decorative layer (11) and a core layer (12), an adhesive layer (14), and a metal layer (15). The surface decorative layer (11) is formed using a surface decorative layer material (11A) which includes a surface decorative layer substrate obtained by coating at least a first surface which is a design surface with a resin containing a melamine resin, and the core layer (12) is formed using a core layer material (12A) containing a chemical fiber substrate.

Abstract: A optical waveguide comprising a core layer having a core portion; a first clad layer formed on one surface of the core layer; a second clad layer formed on another surface of the core layer; and a hollow section penetrating through the second clad layer and the core layer, and extending to a middle portion of the first clad layer, wherein a part of an inner wall surface at the hollow section is configured as an inclined plane which is inclined relative to and intersects with a plane including an interfacial plane between the core layer and the first clad layer, and a minimum radius of curvature at a connection between the inclined plane and other parts of the inner wall surface continuously extending from the inclined plane is 1 to 500 ?m as measured at the plane including the interfacial plane.

Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention provide for norbornane-type ballast materials, norbornane-type photoactive compounds derived from such ballast materials and alkali-soluble positive-tone polymer compositions that encompass such norbornane-type photoactive compounds and one of a PBO or PNB resin.

Abstract: Materials, and methods that use such materials, that are useful for forming chip stacks, chip and wafer bonding and wafer thinning are disclosed. Such methods and materials provide strong bonds while also being readily removed with little or no residues.

Abstract: A brake pad 10 is adapted to be used in an opposing type caliper device and can brake a rotation of a disc 200. The brake pad 10 includes a friction material 12 provided on the side of the disc 200 and a back plate 11 bonded to the friction material 12 on the opposite side of the disc 200. The back plate 11 is formed of a back-plate composition including a resin and a plurality of fibers. The back plate 11 has an engagement portion 111 into which an attachment portion 70 of the caliper device 100 is capable of being inserted, and with which the inserted attachment portion 70 is engaged. A thickness of a region of the back plate 11 where the engagement portion 111 is provided is larger than a thickness of a region of the back plate 11 where the engagement portion 111 is not provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is a carbon material for lithium ion secondary cell having a positron lifetime of 370 picoseconds or longer, and 480 picoseconds or shorter, when measured by positron annihilation spectroscopy under conditions (A) to (E) below: (A) positron radiation source: positrons generated from electron-positron pairs using an electron accelerator; (B) gamma ray detector: a BaF2 scintillator and a photoelectron multiplier; (C) measurement temperature and atmosphere: 25° C., in vacuum; (D) annihilation ?-ray counts: 3×106 or larger; and (E) positron beam energy: 10 keV.

Abstract: A thermally conductive sheet includes a thermosetting resin and an inorganic filler material. When a pore diameter distribution is measured through mercury intrusion technique for the inorganic filler material, a pore diameter distribution curve of the inorganic filler material has a first maximum value in the range where the pore diameter R is greater than or equal to 0.1 ?m and less than or equal to 5.0 ?m, and a second maximum value in the range where the pore diameter R is greater than or equal to 10 ?m and less than or equal to 30 ?m, and the difference between a second pore diameter at the second maximum value and a first pore diameter at the first maximum value is greater than or equal to 9.9 ?m and less than or equal to 25 ?m.

Abstract: An apparatus (1) includes a supporting base material (12) that supports an element (11), a heat-dissipating member (13) on which the supporting base material (12) is installed, and an adhesive layer (14) disposed between the heat-dissipating member (13) and the supporting base material (12). The glass transition temperature of the adhesive layer (14) is equal to or lower than ?30° C.

Abstract: A thermally conductive sheet includes a thermosetting resin and an inorganic filler material dispersed in the thermosetting resin. Measuring a pore diameter distribution through mercury intrusion technique for the inorganic filler material included in an incineration residue after a cured product of the thermally conductive sheet is heated and incinerated at 700° C. for four hours, a porosity of the inorganic filler material represented as 100×b/a is greater than or equal to 40% and less than or equal to 65% given that a is the volume of particles of the inorganic filler material included in the incineration residue, and b is the volume of voids in the particles of the inorganic filler material included in the incineration residue. An average pore diameter of the inorganic filler material included in the incineration residue is greater than or equal to 0.20 ?m and less than or equal to 1.35 ?m.

Abstract: A tubular body includes an elongated inner layer that demarcates a main lumen; a wire reinforcing layer that is formed by winding a reinforcing wire around the inner layer; a resinous elongated sub-tube that is arranged so as to extend along a longitudinal direction of the main lumen outside the wire reinforcing layer and demarcates a sub-lumen having a smaller diameter than the main lumen; a resinous outer layer that sheaths the wire reinforcing layer and the sub-tube; and a retaining wire. An operating wire is movably inserted through the sub-lumen, and has a tip connected to a distal portion of the tubular body. An operating part is operated to pull the operating wire to bend the distal portion of the tubular body. The retaining wire is sheathed by the outer layer, and winds together the sub-tube and the wire reinforcing layer.

Abstract: A thermally conductive sheet includes a thermosetting resin (A) and an inorganic filler material (B) which is dispersed in the thermosetting resin (A). In the thermally conductive sheet, when a pore diameter distribution is measured through mercury intrusion technique for the inorganic filler material (B) that is included in an incineration residue after a cured product of the thermally conductive sheet is heated at 700° C. for four hours and is incinerated, a pore diameter distribution curve, that is measured through the mercury intrusion technique and is plotted with a pore diameter R as a horizontal axis and a logarithmic derivative of a pore volume (dV/d log R) as a vertical axis, has a peak (P) in the range where the pore diameter R is greater than or equal to 1.0 ?m and is less than or equal to 10.0 ?m, and the peak (P) is configured of two or more overlapping peaks.

Abstract: A phenolic resin molding compound includes (A) a novolac-type phenolic resin including an alkylbenzene-modified novolac-type phenolic resin, (B) a resol-type phenolic resin, (C) hexamethylenetetramine, (D) graphite, and (E) fiber-shaped filler, wherein in regard to the content of each component on the basis of the entirety of the molding compound, a total content of the components (A) to (C) is 30 to 40% by weight, a content of the component (D) is 30 to 50% by weight, and a content of the component (E) is 5 to 20% by weight.