Abstract: There is provided a piezoelectric stack, including: a substrate; an electrode film; and a piezoelectric film which is comprised of alkali niobium oxide of a perovskite structure represented by a composition formula of (K1-xNax)NbO3 (0<x<1), wherein the piezoelectric film comprises crystals having a grain size with a standard deviation of 0.42 ?m or less.

Abstract: An object is to provide a technique of increasing the response activity of an olfactory receptor to a chemical substance, and the object is achieved by introducing a mutation into a specific site in an insect olfactory receptor protein so as to satisfy a specific condition.

Abstract: A process of preparing a wafer having a diameter of two inches or more, at least a surface of the wafer being formed from a group III nitride crystal, including preparing an alkaline or acidic etching liquid containing a peroxodisulfate ion as an oxidizing agent that accepts an electron, accommodating the wafer such that the surface of the wafer is immersed in the etching liquid such that the surface of the wafer is parallel with a surface of the etching liquid; and radiating light from the surface side of the etching liquid onto the surface of the wafer without agitating the etching liquid. First and second etching areas disposed at an interval from each other are defined on the surface of the wafer. In the process of radiating the light onto the surface of the wafer, the light is radiated perpendicularly onto surfaces of the first and second etching areas.

Abstract: A catalyst system that may reduce polymeric fouling may include at least one titanate compound, at least one aluminum compound, and an antifouling agent. The antifouling agent may be chosen from one or more of a phosphonium or phosphonium salt; a sulfonate or a sulfonate salt; a sulfonium or sulfonium salt; an ester including a cyclic moiety; an anhydride; a polyether; and a long-chained amine-capped compound. The catalyst system may further include a non-polymeric ether compound.

Abstract: A light-emitting polymer comprising a light-emitting repeat unit in a backbone of the polymer, wherein the polymer has an anisotropy of no more than 0.8 and wherein a transition dipole moment of the light-emitting repeat unit is aligned with the polymer backbone.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a stable composition comprising a nucleic acid oligomer having a phosphorothioate bond, and a process for preparing the same composition, and a process for preparing the nucleic acid oligomer efficiently from the composition. The present invention provides a composition comprising a nucleic acid oligomer having a phosphorothioate bond represented by formula (1) (wherein the symbols are defined in the specification), an alkylammonium salt, a water-soluble organic solvent, water, and an additive including at least one compound described in the specification. The present invention provides also a modified nucleic acid oligomer.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a light emitting device having an anode and a cathode, and a first layer and a second layer disposed between the anode and the cathode.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound that has an excellent control effect on arthropod pests, and is represented by formula (I) [wherein Q represents a group represented by Q1, or the like, n is 0, 1, or 2, R2 represents a C1-C6 alkyl group which may optionally have one or more halogen atoms, or the like, Ya represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or NR3a, G1 represents a nitrogen atom or CR5a, G2 represents a nitrogen atom or CR5b, A2 represents a nitrogen atom or CR4a, A3 represents a nitrogen atom or CR4b, A4 represents a nitrogen atom or CR4c, and R3a, R4a, R4b, R4c, R5a, and R5b represent a C1-C6 chain hydrocarbon group or the like, and T represents a C1-C10 chain hydrocarbon group which may optionally have one or more halogen atoms, or the like].

Abstract: A propylene polymer composition comprising a propylene polymer and an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer (provided that the ethylene-?-olefin copolymer is not the propylene polymer), the propylene polymer composition satisfying requirement (I): Requirement (I) an absolute value of a difference between a die swell ratio at a shear rate of 24 sec?1 and a die swell ratio at a shear rate of 6,080 sec?1 is 0.29 or less. One embodiment of the present invention is a propylene polymer composition which additionally satisfies the requirement (II). Requirement (II): The ethylene triad chains (EEE) in an ortho-dichlorobenzene-insoluble fraction are 2.0 mol % or more.

Abstract: A salt represented by the formula (I):

Abstract: The present invention provides a new production method for a chlorobenzene compound. Specifically, the present invention provides a production method in which the compound represented by formula (1) (in the formula, X1 represents a halogen atom) and chlorine are reacted in the presence of a Brønsted acid, thereby obtaining the chlorobenzene compound represented by formula (2) (in the formula, X1 represents the same as above).

Abstract: There is provided an electrochemical sensor that electrochemically detects a specific substance in a test sample 50 by bringing a liquid test sample 50 into contact with sensor electrodes 20 arranged on a support 10, the electrochemical sensor including a holding structure 30 that constitutes a non-sealed finite space facing the sensor electrodes 20 and holds the test sample 50 that is brought into contact with the sensor electrodes 20 in the finite space.

Abstract: The present invention provides an efficient process for preparing a nucleic acid oligomer, that is, a process for preparing a nucleic acid having a phosphate triester bond effectively by oxidizing a nucleic acid precursor having a phosphite triester bond. Also the present invention provides a process for preparing a nucleic acid compound having at its 5?-terminus a nucleotide represented by formula (I) by a phosphoramidite method, which comprises a step of reacting a precursor having a phosphite triester bond represented by a formula (II) (the definitions of substituents of formulae (I) and (II) are described in the Description) with an oxidation solution which contains iodine, pyridine and water, and a molar ratio of iodic acid to iodine (mole of iodic acid/mole of iodine) is 30×10?3 or less.

Abstract: Disclosed are a carboxylate represented by formula (I), a carboxylic acid generator, a resin, and a resist composition including the same. wherein R1 and R2 each represent a hydroxy group, —O—R10, etc.; R4, R5, R7 and R8 each represent a halogen atom, a haloalkyl group, etc.; R10 represents an acid-labile group; A1 and A2 each represent a hydrocarbon group; m1 represents an integer of 1 to 5, m2 and m8 represent an integer of 0 to 5, m4, m5 and m7 represent an integer of 0 to 4, 1?m1+m7?5, 0?m2+m8?5; X0 represents a single bond, a hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent; Rbb1 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, etc.; X10 represents a single bond, *—O—**, etc.; and L10 represents a single bond or a hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent.

Abstract: A particulate composition contains ?-alumina particles, and water-absorbing polymer particles. The content of the water-absorbing polymer particles is 2 parts by mass or more and 60 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the ?-alumina particles, and the content of the ?-alumina particles in the particulate composition is 50% by mass or more.

Abstract: A carboxylate represented by formula (I), a carboxylic acid generator, a resin, and a resist composition including same. wherein R1 to R3 each represent a hydroxy group, —O—R10, etc.; R4 to R9 each represent a halogen atom, a haloalkyl group, etc.; R10 represents an acid-labile group; A1 to A3 each represent a hydrocarbon group; m1 represents an integer of 1 to 5, m2, m3, m8 and m9 represent an integer of 0 to 5, m4 to m7 represent an integer of 0 to 4, 1?m1+m7?5, 0?m2+m8?5, 0?m3+m9?5; X0 represents a single bond or a hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent; Rbb1 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, etc.; X10 represents a single bond, *—O—**, etc.; and L10 represents a single bond or a hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a colored resin composition containing an aluminum phthalocyanine pigment capable of forming a colored coating film with no foreign matter (preferably a colored coating film with no foreign matter and good adhesion). The colored resin composition of the present invention contains a colorant, a compound represented by formula (DA), a resin, and a solvent, wherein the colorant contains an aluminum phthalocyanine pigment. [In formula (DA), Rd1 represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms and optionally having a substituent. When the hydrocarbon group has 2 to 12 carbon atoms and the hydrocarbon group has —CH2—, —CH2— may be substituted with —O—, —S—, or —CO—. Rd2 and Rd3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms and optionally having a substituent, or Rd2 and Rd3 are combined to form a ring together with —CO—NRd1—CO—.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a light emitting device having an anode and a cathode, and a first layer and a second layer disposed between the anode and the cathode.

Abstract: A carboxylate represented by formula (I), a carboxylic acid generator, a resin, and a resist composition including the same. wherein R1 to R3 each represent a hydroxy group, etc.; R4 to R9 each represent a halogen atom, etc.; R10 represents an acid-labile group; A1 to A3 each represent a hydrocarbon group; m1 and m7 represent an integer of 0 to 5, m2 to m6, m8 and m9 represent an integer of 0 to 4, 0?m1+m7?5, 0?m2+m8?4, O?m3+m9?4, one or more of m1 to m3 is/are an integer of 1 or more; X4 represents a single bond, etc.; X0 represents a single bond, a hydrocarbon group; Rbb1 represents a hydrogen atom, etc.; X10 represents a single bond, etc.; and L10 represents a single bond or a hydrocarbon group.

Abstract: Provided is an ethylene-based modifier with which a film having good slipperiness and relatively less fish eyes can be formed. The ethylene-based modifier has a strain-hardening exponent of 0.27 or more and 0.53 or less as determined by the LAOS method.