Abstract: In a herbicidal composition containing a sulfonylurea compound of the formula (I): a carboxymethylcellulose salt, a ligninsulfonic acid salt, a surfactant and water, growth of particle of the sulfonylurea compound suspended in the herbicidal composition scarcely occurs after the storage.

Abstract: A high-quality GaAs-type crystal thin film using an inexpensive Si wafer with good thermal release characteristics is achieved. Provided is a semiconductor wafer comprising an Si wafer; an inhibiting layer that is formed on the wafer and that inhibits crystal growth, the inhibiting layer including a covering region that covers a portion of the wafer and an open region that does not cover a portion of the wafer within the covering region; a Ge layer that is crystal-grown in the open region; and a functional layer that is crystal-grown on the Ge layer. The Ge layer may be formed by annealing with a temperature and duration that enables movement of crystal defects, and the annealing is repeated a plurality of times.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a modified propylene polymer that exhibits low flowability and also exhibits little fluctuation in melt flow rate compared with the melt flow rate of the propylene polymer before modification, the method involving a heat treatment step of subjecting a mixture comprising 100 parts by weight of a propylene polymer (A), from 0.1 to 50 parts by weight of an ethylenically unsaturated bond-containing compound (B), and from 0.01 to 20 parts by weight of an organic peroxide (C) whose decomposition temperature at which the half-life thereof becomes 1 minute is lower than 120° C. to heat treatment by using an extruder at a temperature lower than the decomposition temperature of the organic peroxide (C) at which the half-life thereof becomes 1 minute.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for promoting the growth of a plant, comprising treating the plant with an effective amount of a compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein any one of R1, R2, R3 and R4 represents a trifluoromethyl group, the others represent a hydrogen atom, and R5 represents a methyl group or an ethyl group.

Abstract: There is provided a method for controlling an animal ectoparasite having excellent controlling effects. The method for controlling an ectoparasite of dogs comprises orally administering an ectoparasite-controlling agent comprising as an active ingredient an isoxazoline compound represented by formula (I): wherein X1 represents a halogen atom or a C1-C3 haloalkyl, X2 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a C1-C3 haloalkyl, X3 represents a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, Q represents, for example, Q1, A1 represents R11—C(?O)—N(R12)—N(R13)—, R11—C(?O)—N(R12)—CH2— or R11—C(?O)—N(R12)—, and R10 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a C1-C3 alkyl group, to a dog in a period from 30 minutes immediately before the start of feeding to 120 minutes after the end of feeding.

Abstract: A plant disease control composition comprising a carboxamide compound represented by following formula (I), wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and R2 represents a methyl group, a difluoromethyl group or a trifluoromethyl group, and one or more QoI compounds selected from group (A) consisting of dimoxystrobin, azoxystrobin, fluoxastrobin, pyraclostrobin, kresoxim-methyl, picoxystrobin, trifloxystrobin and N-methyl-alpha-methoxyimino-2-[(2,5-dimethylphenoxy)methyl]phenylacetamide is provided by the present invention, and this composition has excellent effect for controlling a plant disease.

Abstract: There is provided a method of producing a semiconductor wafer by thermally processing a base wafer having a portion to be thermally processed that is to be thermally processed. The method comprises a step of providing, on the base wafer, a portion to be heated that generates heat through absorption of an electromagnetic wave and selectively heats the portion to be thermally processed, a step of applying an electromagnetic wave to the base wafer, and a step of lowering the lattice defect density of the portion to be thermally processed, by means of the heat generated by the portion to be heated through the absorption of the electromagnetic wave.

Abstract: A resist composition having a resin having a structural unit represented by the formula (I), a resin being insoluble or poorly soluble in alkali aqueous solution, but becoming soluble in an alkali aqueous solution by the action of an acid and not including the structural unit represented by the formula (I), and an acid generator represented by the formula (II), wherein R1, A1, A13, A14, X12, Q1, Q2, L1, ring W, Rf1 and Rf2, n and Z+ are defined in the specification.

Abstract: Disclosed is a positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries which contains a complex oxide mainly containing sodium, nickel and a tetravalent metal while having a hexagonal structure. This positive electrode active material enables to obtain a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery with high operating voltage. The complex oxide is preferably expressed as Na[Na(1/3-2x/3)Ni(x-y)M(2/3-x/3-y)A2y]O2 (wherein M represents one or more tetravalent metals, A represents one or more trivalent metals, 0<x?0.5, 0?y<1/6, and x>y).

Abstract: A lithium mixed metal oxide comprising Ni, Mn and Fe and having a BET specific surface area of 2 m2/g or more and 30 m2/g or less. A method of producing a lithium mixed metal oxide, comprising bringing an aqueous solution containing Ni, Mn, Fe and Cl into contact with an alkali to obtain a coprecipitate, and calcining a mixture of the coprecipitate and a lithium compound by maintaining the mixture at a temperature of lower than 900° C. A positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, comprising the lithium mixed metal oxide described above or the lithium mixed metal oxide obtained by the method of producing a lithium mixed metal oxide described above as a main ingredient. A positive electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having the positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery described above.

Abstract: There is provided a polyolefin resin composition capable of affording molded articles being superior in tensile elongation at break and impact resistance. The composition includes not less than 1 wt % and less than 80 wt % of a propylene polymer (I) that is a propylene homopolymer or a copolymer of propylene and at least one comonomer, the copolymer having more than 0 wt % and less than 20 wt % of structural units derived from the at least one comonomer, not less than 1 wt % and less than 80 wt % of a propylene copolymer (II) having 20 to 80 wt % of structural units derived from the comonomer and/or an ethylene copolymer (III) having a density of less than 940 kg/m3, and more than 20 wt % and not more than 98 wt % of an ethylene polymer (IV) having an MFR of 12 to 100 g/10 minutes and a density of 940 to 970 kg/m3.

Abstract: Disclosed is a thermoplastic elastomer composition that will provide little load on the environment and has superior mechanical characteristics, the composition being obtained by melt-kneading 10 to 90 parts of ethylene-?-olefin based copolymer rubber (A), 1 to 50 parts of non-petroleum source-derived thermoplastic resin (B), 0.01 to 20 parts of modified ethylene-based copolymer (C), 1 to 50 parts of propylene-based polymer (D), 0.001 to 5 parts of crosslinking agent (E), and 0 to 50 parts of a mineral oil-based softening agent (F), wherein the amounts of components (A), (B), (D) and (F) are amounts in weight calculated where the total amount of components (A), (B), (D) and (F) is considered to be 100 parts, and the amounts of components (C) and (E) are amounts in weight calculated where the total amount of components (A), (B), (D) and (F) is considered to be 100 parts.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device includes a pair of electrodes and a plurality of organic layers disposed between the electrodes, and one of the organic layers includes an organic material forming the organic layers and a polymer obtained by polymerizing a polymerizable compound capable of exhibiting charge portability.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pest control composition comprising, as active ingredients, (A) an amide compound of the formula (I), wherein R1 is an ethyl group, R2 is a hydrogen atom or an ethyl group, R3 is a methyl group, R4 is a chlorine atom, a bromine atom or a methyl group, R5 is a chlorine atom, a bromine atom or a cyano group, R6 is a chlorine atom, a bromine atom or a trifluoromethyl group and R7 is a chlorine atom; and (B) pyriproxyfen.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a C1-C6 alkyl group which may have one or more halogen atoms, A1 represents a divalent connecting group, X1 represents a C2-C36 heterocyclic group and one or more —CH2— in the C2-C36 heterocyclic group can be replaced by —CO— or —O—, R2 is independently in each occurrence a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a C1-C24 hydrocarbon group, a C1-C12 alkoxy group, a C2-C4 acyl group or a C2-C4 acyloxy group, and m represents an integer of 0 to 10.

Abstract: A composition comprising a phosphorescent compound, and a compound having a structure containing three or more repeating units having a dipole moment dimension of 1.0 Debye or more connected in series, wherein, based on the total number of dimer structures composed of any two repeating units connected in series contained in the above-described structure, the proportion of the number of dimer structures in which the dimension D2 of the dipole moment of the dimer structure, the dimension D1a of the dipole moment of the first repeating unit constituting the dimer structure and the dimension D1b of the dipole moment of the second repeating unit constituting the dimer structure satisfy a relation represented by the following formula (A): D1a<D2 and D1b<D2??(A) is 50% or more.

Abstract: This invention provides an organic electroluminescent element comprising two opposed electrodes connected to an external circuit for applying electrical energy, at least one of the electrodes being transparent or semitransparent, and provided between the electrodes, a plurality of luminescent units, for emitting light through recombination of holes with electrons, each comprising one or more organic layers, one of the organic layers being a luminescent layer, and a charge generation layer held between two of the plurality of luminescent units, characterized in that each two adjacent luminescent units in the plurality of luminescent units are partitioned by the charge generation layer, the charge generation layer comprises at least one metal or its compound (A) having a work function of not more than 3.0 eV and at least one compound (B) having a work function of not less than 4.0 eV, and in at least one of the plurality of luminescent units, the luminescent layer contains a polymeric luminescent material.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heterocyclic compound of the following general formula (I): wherein X and Y are different from each other and represent a halogen atom selected from among a chlorine atom, bromine atom and iodine atom, or CF3SO3?, CH3SO3?, C6H5SO3? or CH3C6H4SO3?; R1 represents an optionally substituted monovalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group having two or more carbon atoms; one of A1 and A2 represents —S—, —O—, —Se— or Te—, while the other represents —N?, —P? or —Si(R2)?, wherein R2 represents a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted monovalent hydrocarbon group, a halogen atom, an amino group or a carbonyl group; and one of two linkages each represented by a solid line and a dashed line is a single bond, while the other is a double bond.

Abstract: The present invention provides a phototoxicity test method using human retinal pigment epithelial cells, and so on.

Abstract: A method is provided for producing easily a membrane (film) having a micro surface structure (porous structure, fibrous structure and the like) in nano-order. The method for producing a film having a nano-structure on the surface of the film, includes the steps of: (1) coating a substrate with a solution containing a copolymer including two or more homopolymer segments and an organic solvent having boiling point of 82° C. or more and a dielectric constant of 30 or less to form a membrane; (2) providing the membrane with a water vapor-containing gas having a relative humidity of 50% or more to age the membrane; and (3) drying the membrane to obtain the film.